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Our online library is one of your best resources for past articles and news releases on DuPont Legal and its network of PLFs and Service Providers.
In this section, we’ve also provided information on how the DuPont Legal Model was created and how it works.
| 45 Under 45: The Rising Stars of the Private Bar |
The staff of The American Lawyer chose 45 of the highest-performing members of the private bar under the age of 45, including Leora Ben-Ami. Ben-Ami is head of the IP group for the Americas at Clifford Chance, which is a Primary Law Firm in the DuPont Legal Model. Published January 2003 |
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| A Decade of Diversity: The DuPont Legal Model |
An article about what DuPont’s Legal Department has done for a decade to ensure that it is a model for every corporate law department committed to a diverse workforce. The article explains how the department’s streamlined way of doing business became known as the DuPont Legal Model, and how it has had an impact on recruiting and retaining minorities and women both in the Legal Department and at its network of outside law firms. Published September 2002 |
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| Above the Cut: Law Firms Raise the Bar |
Feature article in Diversity and the Bar on how four law firms are helping their women and minority associates advance their professional dreams. Two Primary Law Firms of the DuPont Legal Model are profiled – Abbott, Simses & Kulcher and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP. Published in July/August 2003. |
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| Achieving the Common Goal: DuPont's Performance Metrics |
This article outlines DuPont Legal’s development of a metrics program to measure and analyze legal performance in cost, as well as the quality and results from inside and outside legal staff. Published September/October 1997 |
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| Ballard Spahr — A Star in the DuPont Network |
An interview by the Editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel with Mark S. Stewart, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP’s Strategic Planning and Engagement Partner in charge of the DuPont relationship. In the interview Stewart outlined Ballard Spahr’s participation in the DuPont Minority Job Fairs and its hosting of the upcoming DuPont Minority Counsel Conference in June. He also discussed Ballard Spahr’s summer hiring program for law students and some of the firm’s extensive pro bono activities. Published April 2005 |
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| Better Litigating Through a Network |
 This article, from The National Law Journal profiles Stacey J. Mobley, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, DuPont. Published December/January 2001 |
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| Boies on Law Department Evolution |
 Corporate Legal Times' 10th Anniversary Roundtable presents the perspectives of five leading general counsel on David Boies' remarks on the changing role of general counsel during his keynole address at the CLT SuperConference in June 2001. Published October 2001 |
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| Book Review |
A member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Assistant Management Association reviews DuPont Legal’s newest book, “The Dollars and $ense of Paralegal Utilization”
for Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Published June 2003.
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| Case Study: Using Six Sigma, DuPont Takes Leadership in Accountability |
 Meet Julie Mazza — DuPont’s corporate counsel and manager of law firm partnering, as well as a Six Sigma black belt. In this article, she discusses how the Six Sigma quality initiative fits into the DuPont Legal Model and furthers the goals of her department. Published June 2001 |
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| Changing Partners, Changing Faces: Diversity and the DuPont Legal Model |
This article presents the case for greater racial and gender diversity within the legal profession, and showcases some of the innovative and award-winning programs that DuPont Legal has put in place, including DuPont’s Minority Job Fair and the TEMPO program, “To Encourage Minority Purchasing Opportunities.” Published July 1997 |
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| Changing Rules, Changing Roles |
When DuPont was charged with attempting to block competition from generic drugmakers, battling the charge was just one part of the complex legal challenge. Here’s an inside look by Thomas L. Sager, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for DuPont, at how its in-house counsel tackled developing an effective defense strategy while meeting bottom-line business objectives. Published Winter 2004 |
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| Combating the “Enron Effect” |
In his column for Inside Litigation, Tom Sager, DuPont Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, discusses what corporate legal departments can do to steam the tide of juries and judges believing that corporations tend to hide information until they are forced to tell the truth by the government or litigation. Mr. Sager explains how the sins of Enron, Worldcom and other like transgressors have changed the way juries and judges view corporations and the negative impact this is having on corporations in courtrooms. Published Winter 2005. |
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| Creating a New Client Relationship – The ‘Convergence’ of DuPont and FTI |
FTI is a DuPont Service provider, and this article, written by an FTI executive, presents an “insider’s” view of their business relationship and discusses the benefits:
• Four-fold increase in DuPont business;
• Reduced business costs;
• Reduced sales costs;
• Increased marketplace exposure;
• The “halo” effect of being aligned with DuPont;
• A competitive advantage through the use of new technology;
• Similar alliances with other Fortune 500 firms.
Published June 1996 |
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| Creating the DuPont Women Lawyers' Network |
This article describes how the women lawyers at DuPont and at the outside law firms who serve them, joined together to collectively network, market, mentor and advance the careers of women lawyers. Published August 1999 |
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| Diversity Comes Naturally to the DuPont Network |
An interview by the Editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel with Julie Mazza, Manager of Law Firm Partnering, Corporate Counsel and Six Sigma Black Belt, DuPont Legal. She discusses how DuPont’s Legal Department measures the performance of the Primary Law Firms and Service Providers in the DuPont Network with its annual Benchmark Survey. During the interview, Mazza details the diversity efforts of many of the firms and suppliers and how pleased she is with their depth of commitment. Published March 2005 |
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| DuPont and the Cult of the Six Sigma Samurai |
 This article outlines how Six Sigma, the management theory sweeping corporate America, is being applied to DuPont’s Legal Department and its network of outside law firms and service providers. Published August 2000 |
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| DuPont Sets the Pace for Law Department Management |
The editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interviews Ramona E. Romero, Corporate Counsel and Manager of Law Firm Partnering for DuPont Legal. She discusses the development and the current state of the DuPont Legal Model. She details how DuPont Legal takes an integrated approach for managing change within the law department and for improving the quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the legal services provided to DuPont by the in-house, outside counsel (Primary Law Firms - PLFs) and legal service providers in the Network. In the interview, Romero also discusses some of the diversity initiatives of DuPont Legal and also the PLFs. Published February 2006 |
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| DuPont’s Commitment to Diversity: Practicing What They Preach |
An interview by the Editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel with Ramona Romero, corporate counsel for DuPont and chairperson of the DuPont Minority Counsel Network. She discusses various diversity initiatives of DuPont’s Legal Department.
Published February 2005 |
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| E-Billing, Performance Metrics and Marketing: Misfits or Formula for Success? |
This article reviews how Six Sigma methodology was applied to the DuPont Legal Model, in its electronic billing, metrics and benchmark surveys. The author, Jim Michalowicz, Manager, DuPont Litigation Support Services, details how data from these components can be used to illustrate process improvements. Published May 2002 |
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| Electronic Discovery: Litigation’s Newest Challenge to Corporate Records |
This article presents the risks and challenges facing legal professionals who manage electronic documents for litigation. Each phase of the process is discussed in detail — the proactive phase when electronic documents are created, the discovery phase when they are produced, and the archive phase when they are merged with other documents for the litigation team’s use. The article also discusses reckless e-mail, forensic computing and other issues. Published January 1997 |
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| J. Michael Brown Award - 2005 |
Janet Y. Bivins Receives the 2005 J. Michael Brown Award at DuPont Legal's Seventh Minority Counsel Network Conference. Published July 2005. |
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| J. Michael Brown Award-2003 |
Vimal Shah, a partner at the law firm of Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey received the 2003 J. Michael Brown Award. Published July 2003 |
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| Legal Competition - How to Manage Legal Costs |
This article discusses some challenges and strategies for corporate legal departments and outside law firms who are working together to control legal fees. It also notes that heightened competition plays an important role in this cost-saving relationship. Published May 2002 |
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| Mutual Support by Law Department and Law Firm of Diversity Goals |
A Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interview with John C. Wyman and Hugh F.Murray III, Partners at Murtha Cullina LLP, which is a Primary Law Firm in the DuPont Legal Model, about working with corporate legal department to increase diversity in law firms. Published March 2002 |
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| Newest Book on the DuPont Legal Model |
DuPont Legal announces its newest book on the DuPont Legal Model, which reveals a framework for successful legal partnering for in-house and outside legal staff. Published Spring 2005. |
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| Partnering the DuPont Way: The Diversity Factor – Part I |
This is the first of two installments of an interview by the Editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel with Thomas L. Sager, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, DuPont Legal. In this interview, Sager provides an overview of how the factor of diversity has contributed to DuPont’s efforts to partner with its Primary Law Firms (PLFs) and legal service providers. Published March 2004
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| Partnering the DuPont Way: The Diversity Factor – Part II |
This is the second installment of an interview by the Editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel with Thomas L. Sager, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, DuPont Legal. In this segment of the interview, Sager provides specifics on the diversity activities of the Network members. He also discusses many of the services that the primary service providers offer that make up the features of the DuPont Legal Model. Published April 2004 |
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| Paula Durst |
Spilman, Thomas and Battle’s Paula Durst is profiled by West Virginia Executive. In the profile, she discusses her work as the firm’s account manager for DuPont. Published October 2005 |
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| Personal Perspectives On Opportunities For Minority And Women Counsel |
Several members of the DuPont Legal Network discuss their firms' recruitment and retention of women and minority counsel with The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. The participants include Kirk Goza and Sandra Phillips of Shook, Hardy & Bacon; David Pittinsky of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll; and Albert A. Foster Jr. of Dillingham & Murphy. Published March 2003 |
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| Promoting Diversity is Key to a High-Profile, Quality Legal Practice |
An interview by the Editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel with Joshua W. Martin III and Kathleen Furey McDonough, partners in the Delaware law firm of Potter Anderson & Corroon. Mr. Martin, who has had vast experience as a business leader, practicing attorney, judge and state agency official described his reasons for choosing the law firm of Potter Anderson because it has a high-profile, quality practice that is committed to diversity and the inclusion of lawyers. Ms. McDonough discussed some of the diversity initiatives of the firm, including its role in the annual DuPont Minority Job Fair and other benefits to the firm for being a member of the DuPont Primary Law Firm Network. Published March 2005
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| Reengineering and Compensation Trends and Their Impact on Partnering |
For corporate counsel involved in partnering initiatives, this analysis of a Price Waterhouse Law Department Spending Survey and an Altman Weil Pensa/ACCA Compensation Benchmarking Survey provides an overview of the important trends and issues that affect them — insourcing, temporary staffing and others. Published July 1997 |
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| Schwabe Recognized for Pro Bono Legal Clinic |
The law firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt received the 2002 Pro Bono Award from Legal Aid Services of Oregon, and appointed Margaret Hoffman as the firm’s coordinator of its pro bono legal clinic, El Programa Hispano. Published October 2002 |
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| Stacey J. Mobley: Committed to Diversity |
The editor of Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interviews Stacey J. Mobley, Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of DuPont about DuPont’s and his commitment to diversity. Mr. Mobley shares information on diversity initiatives not only from DuPont, but also from the NAACP, the ABA, and the Association of Corporate Counsel. Published February 2004 |
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| Talking State Side |
In this article, Paul Smith, partner at Eversheds, responsible for US business development, talks about the challenges and benefits posed by companies set to cross the Atlantic. Published Winter 2000 |
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| The Decline of Successful Minority-Owned Law Firms |
This article from Diversity & the Bar, outlines the latest findings of a recent report commissioned by DuPont Legal entitled “Study on the Status of Minority-Owned Law Firms in Today’s Legal Environment.” The study showed that during the last 15 years, there has been a marked decline in the number of successful minority-owned law firms serving corporate America, and several corporate legal leaders believe now is the time to turn that trend around. Published September/October 2004. |
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| The DuPont Legal Model Leaps Ahead |
This review of Leaps & Bounds: Moving Ahead With the DuPont Legal Model does much more than state the author’s positive opinion of the book. Here you’ll find a detailed history of the DuPont Legal Model itself, as well as an overview and an insightful analysis of the new, revised and modified strategies and initiatives that have been incorporated into the Model. Published March 2001 |
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| The Growing Impact of Technology on Lawyering and Litigation |
In his column for Inside Litigation, Tom Sager, DuPont Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, discusses how DuPont Legal is employing the newest technology to manage communications, knowledge and relationships among DuPont’s strategic business units, in-house counsel and outside law firms. Published Spring 2005. |
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| The Sager Award: Advancing Diversity Strategies that Work. |
This article discusses the prestigious Thomas L. Sager Award, bestowed by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association upon law firms whose pioneering diversity programs and practices are bringing about positive, long-term changes to the complexion of corporate law. Published July 1999 |
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| Tom Sager on…Thinking Like a Plaintiff |
Article for Inside Litigation written by Tom Sager. This article outlines how DuPont Legal is collecting $100 million a year in cash recoveries by thinking like their frequent adversaries. Published in Winter 2006 issue (November 2005) |
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| Tom Sager: A DuPont Diversity Update |
The editor of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interviews Thomas L. Sager, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, DuPont Legal about the diversity initiatives at DuPont and among its Primary Law Firms. Published March 2003 |
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| Toward a Common Goal |
In this article DuPont’s Associate General Counsel, Thomas L. Sager defines the DuPont Legal Model and shares its development, principles and practices. Published July/August 1997 |
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| Who Owns the Earth? |
This article replays the high-stakes drama of a recent Texas court case. Published August 2001 |
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How the DuPont Legal Model creates a virtual law firm. Published October 2001.
DuPont Legal honored the 2005 Challenge Award winners from its Network of Primary Law Firms and Legal Service Providers. Published May 2006.
The DuPont Women Lawyers’ Network (DWLN) announced that Mary M. Culley, a partner in the law firm of Morris James in Delaware, was chosen to receive its annual Themis Award for 2006. Published May 5, 2006.