Projects
Legal Services Coordination is currently working with agencies to deliver reforms outlined in the Legal Services Blueprint and additional whole of government initiatives. These reforms and initiatives include:
- providing continued support to the General Counsel Group on whole of government initiatives;
- moving towards a NSW Whole of Government Legal Services Panel (completed);
- coordinating training seminars for in-house lawyers (i.e. NSW In-house Government Lawyers Forum);
- ensuring in-house lawyers are up to date with legal and policy developments by providing information through the bi-monthly In-house Government Lawyers Bulletin;
- collecting and reporting on high level minimum data on legal services expenditure;
- reporting on the rate of engagement of female Counsel in compliance with the Equitable Briefing Policy;
- developing whole of government subscriptions for cross-government access to legal resources;
- establishment of an electronic web database for NSW government lawyers, to promote sharing of advices and legal precedents (NSW Government Lawyers Network);
- development of a suite of whole of government standard precedent templates;
- reviewing and updating legal services policies applicable to NSW Government;
- review of the definition of Core Legal Work (completed);
- working collaboratively with the Public Service Commission to develop a legal professionals occupation specific capability set to accompany the NSW Capability Framework;
- implementing the Informed Purchaser Model workbook and developing an online interactive version for legal managers (Informed Purchaser Model workbook is currently under review).