As in-house or outside legal counsel, you are one of the “other personnel” referred to in this definition. As such, you will likely be part of the company's team that will implement ERM. I strongly encourage you to become familiar with your role in this process as outlined in the draft guidance.
Since the guidance is currently out for a ninety-day comment period, which ends on October 14, 2003, I also 2 encourage you to provide comment to COSO. The COSO internal control framework provides a comprehensive approach that is versatile enough to apply to organizations of all sizes and complexity.