Catherine is also the director of the section of ACC
for legal operations professionals, and the ACC Law Department Executive Leadership programs for the heads of operations of very large legal departments.
Ben was responsible
for the legal operations of numerous contractor and sub-contractor entities and was able to support and assist multiple internal departments from tender stage to project completion.
[1] These core competencies are based on needs within most legal departments and should drive the expected outcomes
for a legal operations team.
But the two companies saw an opportunity to deepen that integration and build a true end - to - end
platform for legal operations, Mitratech CEO Jason Parkman told me last week during an interview with him and ThinkSmart CEO Paul Hirner.
Harrang, who served as deputy general
counsel for legal operations at Microsoft prior to starting MetaJure with noted IP attorney Marty Smith, sat down with us recently and revealed five common myths about document management in the legal profession:
One benchmark: the Association of Corporate Counsel last month launched a new
section for legal operations professionals, the folks — many of them not lawyers (but not non-lawyers)-- who help general counsel bring creative and business - minded practices to the management of law departments.
Legal departments with large staff tend to add a business analyst (for greater focus on process improvement), technology specialist (for management of legal technology), and legal operations manager / director to drive strategic
initiatives for the legal operations team
First and foremost, this means working with the rest of the ACC Legal Operations membership to develop a foundational tool
kit for a legal operations professional and ensuring that we have the strongest possible ongoing education.
This exemplifies the greatest value of the CLOC conference — the
opportunity for legal operations professionals to learn from service providers as well as their peers.
This event will turn up many new
ways for legal operations executives to be a change agent within their organizations through applying technology.»
This explosive growth reflects ACC's own experience with the special membership division
formed for legal operations professionals, which has grown by about 52 per cent — to almost 400 members from 258 different companies — since last June when the division launched its inaugural ACC Legal Ops Conference.
Legal Operations for Universities and Colleges Universities and colleges have a unique set of
needs for legal operations No legal practice is exactly like that of a college or university legal department.
That's the analogy D. Casey Flaherty likens to the role of general counsel (GC) and it's a key driver behind the need
for legal operations — especially as the size of a legal department scales.
This year there are two Future of Legal Services Innovation categories: one for private practice and one
for legal operations.
Legal Operations for Universities and Colleges Universities and colleges have a unique set of needs
for legal operations No legal practice is exactly like that of a college or university...