In-house legal community - Crafty Counsel

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The authentic, collaborative community space for in-house legal

Crafty Counsel Community is the home for in-house legal professionals seeking joy, insight, and connection in their careers. With members from across the globe, representing a diverse range of professional backgrounds, it is a hub for sharing experiences and forming invaluable connections.

It is currently free to join our community for in-house legal.

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Membership benefits

Why join our Community?

Form connections

Build your network with access to a dynamic, supportive peer group of senior in-house lawyers who get it and regularly help each other.

Virtual meetups

Join a regular schedule of intimate virtual meet-ups held under the Chatham House Rule for experience swapping and expert learning.

See an example of topics we’ll be discussing in upcoming calls.

Build your brand

Opportunities to showcase your personal brand including research, focus groups, guest writing, interviews, and more.

Unique events

Receive invites to a series of exciting special events held throughout the year exclusively for in-house legal, including our sold-out summer festival.

Messaging forum

Access our online forum for peer-to-peer messaging where you can ask advice, share resources, and swap best practice.

Exclusive newsletter

Get a weekly update with all the latest news, content, and events for in-house legal straight to your inbox.

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Breakdown of the community groups

We host a number of sub-groups within the community which each hold a regular virtual meet-up to discuss the latest industry developments, share best practice and candid stories, and hear from expert speakers. Explore the landscape of our community.

Lean Legal

For sole counsel and people in small legal teams – sector agnostic

High Growth

For in-housers working in venture backed startups and scaleups

Fundtastic

For in-housers working in venture capital, private equity, and other investment funds or asset managers

Enterprise & Government

For in-housers working in large organisations and government

Crafty Starters

For in-housers who are less than four years’ qualified

Crafty Consultants

For those who are working as legal consultants or freelance within in-house teams

In three words, I would sum up Crafty Counsel as community, conversation and collaboration. You really have the feeling we are all in this together.

Stephanie Wallace
General Counsel, Metrobank

Top class. Excellent speakers and a perfect tone for the group.

Director of Legal & Business Affairs, Pharma Group

It was so great to hear others sharing views I’ve held myself for so long. I thought I was alone 🙂

Senior Legal Counsel, FinTech

My Crafty Counsel group is such a wonderful group, it collectively helps us so much more than you realise, I didn't realise how much I needed this - I finally have so many people who can relate to my day to day life and it's brilliant.

Hena Somaiya
Legal Counsel, Santander Consumer

A great community to be part of, I've found it so useful, and it was so good to be able to meet and network with people in person again.

John Egan
Head of Legal

Public events

Not in-house? Don't fear!

We also run a public group open to everyone across legal – from private practice to legal tech. The only thing? You’ve got to like innovation in legal tech. Crafty Innovates meets once a quarter at 8-9AM (UK time).

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What events are coming up?

Explore our calendar of upcoming events where in-house legal professionals can connect, learn, and discover joy together. Including our sold-out summer festival, Crafty Fest.

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