Legal risk management in the Department of Justice : formative evaluation : final report / Evalution Division, Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management.: J2-481/2008E-PDF
"Legal risk management is “the process of making and carrying out decisions that reduce the frequency and severity of legal problems that prejudice the government’s ability to meet its objectives successfully”. Although the management of legal risk has always been an inherent part of every lawyer’s work, since 1999 the federal government has managed potential and realized legal risks within the framework of the Legal Risk Management (LRM) Initiative. Through the LRM Initiative, the Department of Justice (the Department or Justice) brings a more systematic approach to identifying, mitigating, and managing legal risks. Wide in scope, the Initiative reaches into organizational structures and processes, work and management tools, and expected skills and behaviours of legal counsel and managers within Justice and other Government of Canada departments and agencies. In 2003, the LRM Initiative evolved from a time-limited initiative, with a project office and dedicated human and financial resources, to an ongoing initiative that was integrated into the overall work of the Department. The Department of Justice conducted an evaluation of the implementation of the LRM Initiative, and this document constitutes the evaluation’s final report"--Introduction.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Justice. Evaluation Division. |
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| Title | Legal risk management in the Department of Justice : formative evaluation : final report / Evalution Division, Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Gestion des risques juridiques au Ministère de la justice, évaluation formative. Cover title. "October 2008." Includes bibliographical references |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Department of Justice Canada, 2008. |
| Description | iii, v, 160 p. |
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| Subject terms | Risk management Federal government |
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