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23 CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE JULY 2016 where I have required a project manager or very much would have liked to have one, I think that function needs to sit within the business. It would be very diffi cult and probably not cost effective to have a fi rm doing that, in part because they don't understand our internal structure and secondly because they're going to have to charge fees for it. SILVERBERG: I have to say I haven't found law fi rms really stepping forward and offering project management. When I think about CASL, I think, wow, you know, maybe I should have tried harder to get some of it because for me it turned out to be a multi-year, extraordinarily complex, and expensive project. • INHOUSE: Are you involved in corporate social responsibility initiatives? SILVERBERG: We try to put a lot of focus on corporate social responsibility and I think it comes in so many different forms. We have Dell giving charitable functions, volunteer- ing, so we very strongly support our employ- ees volunteering and doing, giving back to the community on Dell time. I've been head- ing that for Canada for the last eight years. As a legal function, we also evaluate our law fi rms and have both a diversity award that we give to law fi rms and a corporate social responsibility pro bono award, and we get law fi rms to do some pretty rigorous kind of work, vying for these awards. Last year, we had 20 fi rms apply and they can tell you how many hours they spent, how they support it, how they staff it. It very much governs how we choose some of the law fi rms we work with, so we try to do it on all fronts. THOUIN: We're very much committed to community support and social responsibil- ity. When we look at law fi rms, it's not as formal as Barbara would have it, but I think it defi nitely plays a role. I do have conversa- tions with our law fi rms about what they do to promote that kind of environment. SPEIRS: I fi nd it very helpful when the law fi rm partners with your corporate respon- sibility goals — so when as part of being your partner they're aligned so, whatever charitable causes or whatever community outreach you'd like to do that fi ts within your core business principles that your law fi rm's right there with you. YOUNG: Yes, so much like Barbara said, we have both global initiatives and local initiatives. Our global initiatives are sup- ported by a corporate social responsibility team, headquartered in Washington, which is also where our PayPal giving fund is lo- cated. We're actually launching, very soon, an internal pro bono program. IH CONNECT WITH IN-HOUSE COUNSEL COLLEAGUES AT LEXPERT.CA/CCCA Check out in-house counsel's best networking tool! The 2015/16 Lexpert CCCA/ACCJE Directory & Yearbook online edition is a user-friendly, outstanding key resource for all in-house counsel. Along with immediate access to more than 4,000 listees at more than 1,900 organizations, you'll also find fresh editorial content, information on deals and links to important resources. Directory listees and CCCA members can also receive log-in credentials for access to detailed contact information to be able to connect with colleagues or research the in-house bar. ANYWHERE. ANYTIME. ANY DEVICE. Untitled-3 1 2016-06-09 3:42 PM

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