The ambitious webinar hosted by Metropolitan Corporate Counsel on September 7 took on four big topics that were filtered through surveys primarily directed at
legal operations departments.
At Obelisk Support, we work more and more with
legal operations departments in companies and recently attended a CLOC event in London.
Investing the time and effort required to establish matter budgets is critical for successful
legal operation departments.
Even as the role of
legal operations departments are expanding, companies are increasingly looking for ways to cut their legal spend, and that means using metrics to measure what is efficient against what isn't and how well and how widely the current technology implemented is being used.
Not exact matches
Because digital dexterity is a business strategy (and not simply a technical strategy), input is needed from the leaders from every
department — accounting, human resources,
legal, marketing,
operations — not just the IT team.
The Montana
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation argued in the
legal case that its plan to build roads and harvest trees would have minimal impact on grizzlies because it called for logging of small areas at different times rather than a full - scale clearing
operation.
In fact, the University of Mississippi has restarted it's «
legal» growing
operation to fund studies for various government
departments all over the United States.
In addition to our
legal action in Canada, our ongoing lawsuit against the US
Department of Commerce (the overseeing agency for NOAA) will soon produce thousands of documents relating to the weather / climate modification / engineering
operations (documents which the DOC / NOAA have been ordered to release to us).
At LegalWeek CONNECT, which will take place in London later this month, Sarah will be part of a panel of
legal operations experts discussing innovative strategies for aligning
legal operations objectives and optimising processes that bring together outside counsel and
legal departments.
There still doesn't seem to be a standard, agreed - upon definition of «
legal operations» since the responsibilities cover a wide - range of areas including the general efficiency of
legal work, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, eDiscovery, policy management, and definitely the streamlining of relationships between the corporate
legal department and outside counsel and service providers.
As one observer at Above the Law put it,
legal operations apparently covers «every aspect of running a
legal department except for the dispensing of actual
legal advice.»
In one panel, the general counsel described the role of the
legal operations professional as a «chief of staff» for the
legal department.
Those
legal departments, with the director of
legal operations, wield a purchasing power of US$ 50 billion.
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The impetus for this initiative was simple: Transform our
legal department with technology and process to better manage our overall
legal operations function.»
As corporate
legal departments become more like small law firms, changes need to be made to improve
legal department operations and overall corporate
legal efficiency.
And whether you are a
legal operations professional in a
legal department or at a law firm, are you aware of management trends and best practices...
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.
Still, the common question we hear from law firms,
legal operations, and
legal departments is: «Where do we begin?»
Legal department operations (LDO) is an emerging profession no longer, rather, it's a functional business area that's come into its own.
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.
He points to the relatively new
legal operations section within the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as a «good indication we are in the beginning of the middle» in terms of law departments ascending the CounselLink Legal Department Maturity M
legal operations section within the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) as a «good indication we are in the beginning of the middle» in terms of law
departments ascending the CounselLink
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The solution increases efficiency and cost effectiveness of
legal department operations by expediting request submission, assignment, and reporting.
Priori recently sat down with Ken Callander, Managing Principal of Value Strategies, as part of our interview series for CLOC 2018, about how he helps
legal departments ace their
legal operations using value - based fee arrangements
In his prior role as general counsel, Mr. Black's leadership included overseeing a full spectrum of global business
operations, including building a corporate
legal department; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational
department; handling compliance matters arising from investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational
Department of Justice; and day - to - day corporate operational concerns.
We work with corporate
legal departments on
legal operations, and by
legal operations, I mean technology, process, budgets and staffing for
legal teams.
«To me,
legal department operations is the professionalization of management within the
legal department,» said Mr. Flaherty.
«CMOs are not confident that their firms meet best - in - class standards for the
operation of a Marketing / BD
department,» adds Jennifer Scalzi, founder and CEO of Calibrate
Legal.
But
legal operations is responsible for creating a systematic process that leads to those decisions — from RFPs to reverse auctions As the
department and the team matures, their outward focus will expand (e.g., vendors, LPO) and turn inward (e.g., analytics, information governance, and process automation).
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.
Corporate
Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) co-founders Connie Brenton and Stephanie Corey recently told Bloomberg BNA that these legal operations managers have been «gaining significantly more clout» inside corporate legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their compa
Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) co-founders Connie Brenton and Stephanie Corey recently told Bloomberg BNA that these
legal operations managers have been «gaining significantly more clout» inside corporate legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their compa
legal operations managers have been «gaining significantly more clout» inside corporate
legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their compa
legal departments, including reporting directly to general counsels and earning senior management titles within their companies.
In this spirit, Connie Brenton set up technology certification opportunities for her in - house
legal team at NetApp, Inc., where she serves as the
legal department's senior director of
operations.
More concretely, most
departments begin to have a need for a
legal operations role somewhere between 15 and 30 employees.
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.
And DVAs are supporting
legal operations in law firms and corporate
legal departments.
As growing numbers of general counsel are hiring
legal operation chiefs to realign their
legal departments, law firms are at greater risk of being left behind, according to a recent survey.
Bring a
legal operations function into your
legal department.
During his tenure at Corporate Counsel, he initiated surveys on
legal process outsourcing and legal operations professionals, and he managed various high - profile projects such as the Best Legal Departments aw
legal process outsourcing and
legal operations professionals, and he managed various high - profile projects such as the Best Legal Departments aw
legal operations professionals, and he managed various high - profile projects such as the Best
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For more information about
legal operations for university and college legal departments, visit Legal Files at the 2018 NACUA Annual Conference in Minneapolis from June 24
legal operations for university and college
legal departments, visit Legal Files at the 2018 NACUA Annual Conference in Minneapolis from June 24
legal departments, visit
Legal Files at the 2018 NACUA Annual Conference in Minneapolis from June 24
Legal Files at the 2018 NACUA Annual Conference in Minneapolis from June 24 - 27.
Many small
legal departments begin their
legal operations team with an e-billing specialist who typically focuses on administering the spend / matter management system used by the
legal department
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legal departments and should drive the expected outcomes for a
legal operations team.
This change could include the evolving role of
legal operations professionals, further segmentation to serve the business needs, and the increased role of knowledge management in the
legal department.
With the right amount of investment, clear expectations and measurements, and empowering
legal operations to influence
legal department strategy, many
legal departments are scaling their
operations to increase service levels, reduce risk to the business, and deliver better outcomes with limited
legal resources.
To design an effective
legal operations system, you first want to talk to all of the attorneys and staff to find out what issues and matters your
legal department handles.
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legal department is looking to the future with plans for a law firm scorecard and an objective means of evaluating outside counsel, according to a
legal operations manager at a biopharmaceutical company.
A discussion about KM drivers aligns well with a recent industry development, the rise of corporate law
department legal operations professionals...
Note that 90 % of large
legal departments (more than $ 50M in spend and 51 lawyers) have
legal operations.
As a result, many corporate
legal departments are investing in
legal operations, and this field has grown from a handful of individuals in 2009 to thousands of professionals today.