“Organization of the work of legal services” - course 49,000 rubles. from MSU, training 6 weeks. (1.5 months), Date: December 4, 2023.

1. Structure and functions of the legal service.

1.1. Concept, tasks and functions of legal service
The concept of legal service. The purpose and objectives of creating a legal service. Legal work. Functions of the legal service. Legal regulation of the activities of the legal service. Drawing up regulations and other internal organizational documents regulating the activities of the legal service. Organization of legal services abroad.
1.2. Legal service structure
Types of legal work carried out by the legal service. Main divisions of the legal service. The role of the head of legal services. Organizational connections between structural divisions of the legal service. Determining the structure of the legal service of a particular organization. Interaction of the legal service with other departments of the organization. Interaction of the legal service with lawyers and legal services of regional divisions. Organizing awareness of the activities of the legal service. Organization of document flow of legal services.
1.3. Organization of a lawyer's work
Problems of selecting lawyers for legal services. Improving the qualifications of legal service employees. Certification of lawyers. Problems of determining the effectiveness of a lawyer. Organization of a lawyer's workplace. Determination of the functional responsibilities of a lawyer. Development of job descriptions for a lawyer. Recording a lawyer's working hours.
1.4.Organization of information security by the activities of the legal service.
Information and its importance in the activities of the organization. The concept and essence of commercially significant information. Information modes. Ensuring secrecy. Agreements in the field of ensuring the safety of information. Legal means of introducing innovations into the activities of a commercial organization.

2. Organization of contractual work by the legal service

2.1. Concept, content and principles of contractual work.
The concept of contractual work as a type of law-organizing activity of people to create and use contractual instruments for economically significant purposes. The contract as the main legal means of solving modernization problems. The importance of contractual work at the macroeconomic and microeconomic levels. The main stages of contractual work (preparatory stage, stage of creating contractual instruments, stage of application and support contracts, the stage of closing contracts, assessing the results of contractual work), their content and impact on the final economic results.
2.2. Techniques for forming and structuring systems of contractual relations.
The concept of a system of contractual relations. Basic elements of the contractual system. Types of contractual systems: adjacent, closed, connected. Techniques for forming and structuring systems of contractual relations. Special judicial doctrines for analyzing systems of contractual relations (reasonable business purpose doctrines, beings above form, transaction in steps, etc.) as a tool for identifying abuses of the right to freedom agreement. Legal and economic risks of not exercising the due degree of care and diligence when choosing a counterparty. Techniques for studying and selecting a counterparty. Sources of information and ways to obtain it. Judicial practice of applying the criterion of due care and diligence when choosing a counterparty: what and how to do in order to minimize legal and economic risks.
2.3. Ensuring the quality of goods in the activities of the legal service.
Mandatory requirements for the quality of goods: national legislation and legislation of the Customs Union. Standards. Kinds. Application procedure. Formation of an information fund of regulatory legal acts and standards for compliance with established requirements. Mandatory confirmation of compliance. Mandatory requirements for product labeling. Documents certifying the quality of the goods. Acceptance of goods for quality. Relations between the parties upon delivery of goods of inadequate quality.
2.4. Organization of the work of the legal service during marketing research.
The role of the legal service during tax audits of the antimonopoly service, support of contracts for advertising and marketing work. Features of organizing tenders for advertising campaigns.
2.5. Organization of the work of the legal service in interaction with the antimonopoly authority.
Analysis of the work of the legal department in interaction with the antimonopoly service. There are two aspects of interaction: obtaining FAS permission to carry out transactions and actions that require prior consent; work of a lawyer in case of violation of antimonopoly legislation by contractors. Analysis of the role of a lawyer in developing a competitive strategy for an enterprise.

3. Organization of claims work of the legal service

3.1. Functions and tasks of claims work
The concept of claims work. Purposes of claim work. Qualification requirements for employees of legal services involved in claims work. Organization of identification and recording of offenses as a basis for filing claims and lawsuits. Interaction of the legal service with other departments to identify and record offenses. Organization of work to voluntarily eliminate violations. Risk assessment when making claims and lawsuits. Organizing training for employees of other departments in the basics of claims work. Problems of determining the effectiveness of claims work.
3.2. Organization of work on compensation of losses
Identification and recording of losses, determination of the amount of losses. Methods for calculating losses. Organization of work to collect evidence of the occurrence and extent of losses. Types of losses. Interaction with departments of the organization to identify and record losses. Strategy for deciding whether to file a claim for damages. Negative consequences of filing a claim for damages. Alternative ways to protect the rights of the subject.
3.3. Organizing the work of lawyers in court
The main goals of a lawyer’s participation in a court hearing. Determination of the powers of the representative. Developing a strategy for judicial defense in the event of a dispute or the need to protect interests in court. Basic principles for deciding whether to seek judicial protection. Formation of a legal position on representing interests in court. Organization of preparation of documents at the pre-trial stage. Techniques for forming an evidence base and preparing basic documents submitted to the court (statement of claim, response to the statement of claim, complaint against the decision (actions) of officials).
The main stages of the arbitration process and the organization of the lawyer’s work at each of them. Organization of work on taking interim measures. Organization of work at the stage of enforcement proceedings. The main organizations of judicial protection in international commercial disputes. Basic principles of execution of decisions of foreign courts and international arbitration courts, organization of work on their execution on the territory of the Russian Federation.
3.4. Alternative Dispute Resolution
Characteristics of alternative methods of dispute resolution. Technique for offering alternative dispute resolution. Criteria for assessing the feasibility of alternative dispute resolution and choosing a method for it. Selection of arbitration court, mediators for alternative dispute resolution. Resolving the issue of the advisability of creating an arbitration court within the legal service. The main stages of the organization and activities of the arbitration court. Mediation: procedure, grounds for application. The role of the head of legal services in the use of alternative methods of dispute resolution.

4. Legal support of personnel work

Checking the compliance of orders, instructions and other internal regulations of a commercial organization with current legislation (vising). Monitoring and exercising control over orders and other regulations issued by heads of structural divisions. Preparation of proposals for improving personnel work in a commercial organization. Providing legal assistance to the trade union committee, participation in the conclusion of a collective agreement in the organization. Participation in the resolution of labor disputes.

5. Organization of the work of the legal service on corporate issues

5.1. Tasks of the legal service in providing legal support to corporate procedures.
Basic corporate procedures requiring legal support. Organizing interaction between the legal service and corporate governance departments and corporate secretaries. Methods of legal support for corporate issues. Functions of the legal service in corporate matters. Qualification requirements for lawyers specializing in corporate matters. Problems of selection and evaluation of the work of lawyers on corporate issues.
5.2. Legal support for the activities of management bodies Development of internal documents of the corporation regulating the activities of management bodies. Legal support for the approval of major transactions and interested party transactions. Legal support for the issue of securities. Interaction with the Federal Financial Markets Service and the Federal Antimonopoly Service. Organization of interaction with the registrar. Organization and holding of meetings of governing bodies. Registration of decisions of governing bodies.
5.3.Working with requests from participants (shareholders).
Organization of recording of requests from shareholders (participants). Preparation of responses to requests from shareholders (participants). Conducting negotiations with participants (shareholders) on requests. Ensuring the right of participants (shareholders) to information. Types of corporate conflicts. Tasks of the legal service in corporate conflicts. Out-of-court settlement of corporate conflicts. Features of participation in the arbitration process when considering corporate disputes.

6. Organization of interaction between the legal service and external legal consultants

Assessing the needs of the legal service in attracting external consultants for legal support of the activities of a commercial organization: for preparation conclusions, preparation of contracts and the negotiation process, legal support of projects, representation in court and settlement of disputes in pre-trial ok.
Areas of work of consultants related to legal support of commercial organizations. Search for external legal consultants. Features of the selection of consultants - law firms (law offices) and lawyers. Organization of selection of consultants. Qualification requirements for external legal consultants.
Organization and coordination of the work of external consultants. Monitoring and evaluating the work of external consultants. Concluding an agreement with an external consultant. Outsourcing, contract for the provision of legal services for a fee, contract for the provision of legal assistance, contract of assignment and agency: problems of choosing legal support for external activities consultant. Problems of ensuring information confidentiality when engaging an external consultant.

Based on the results of completing the course, students receive a certificate of advanced training on the form of M.V. Moscow State University. Lomonosov.

The final certification takes the form of a test.

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