[1] Corporate legal departments are creating new positions and allocating resources to various
legal operations functions, which may include legal spend management, legal project management, and data analytics among others.
While there is still plenty of interest in keeping up with the latest, cutting - edge legal operations strategies, we have found that there is also a real willingness from seasoned legal operations executives to mentor those who are in early stages of defining, designing and building
legal operations functions.
The impetus for this initiative was simple: Transform our legal department with technology and process to better manage our overall
legal operations function.»
Bring
a legal operations function into your legal department.
Overall,
the legal operations function is burgeoning, so we have a great mix of established legal operations executives and first incumbents — those people who are establishing legal operations at their companies.
Jun 12, 2:30 The Evolution of the Legal Ops Department: Maturing the Process, Culture, and Technology Tools of Your Legal Operations Developing a strong
legal operations function is critical to optimizing the performance and efficiency of any legal department.
One of the more pioneering aspects of Unilever's in - house legal team is its enthusiastic adoption of
a legal operations function.
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's Third Annual CLOC Institute in Las Vegas this week saw the number of attendees almost double from last year's event, an indication of growth and relevance of
the legal operations function in law departments.
Contract Process in a Law Department (Andy Daws): A seasoned
legal operations function with mature processes, tool, team, and playbook sought a way to apply AAI to streamline contracting projects.
Still senior legal counsel, commercial transactions at Bombardier at the time, Denis started a personal project researching the area and then persuaded the company's management to formally launch
a legal operations function, which he led as senior legal counsel, legal operations and litigation since its creation in 2014 until coming onboard with SNC - Lavalin in March of this year.
Not exact matches
TSSP's Core Platform is comprised of our «Pentagon» (our sourcing - as - a-business), fundraising, portfolio
operations, business development,
legal, compliance, accounting, and financial planning
operations, as well as our strategy, tax, IT and other «non-investment»
functions that work across disciplines to ensure robust risk management and investment support.
With far - reaching implications that cut across tax,
legal, financial, technology, and
operations functions, blockchain is well on its way to becoming a serious disrupter in every industry.
That, in fact, in many places, the
operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy
functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no
legal redress?
To illustrate how charter school policy
functions to promote privatization and profiteering, the authors explore differences between charter schools and traditional public schools in relation to three areas: the
legal frameworks governing their
operation; the funding mechanisms that support them; and the arrangements each makes to finance facilities.
How She Got Here: COO for Barclays US
legal operations Global Chief Administrative Officer for Lehman Brothers
legal and compliance
function Founded a consulting firm to help other firms optimize their business
operations
I think of
legal operations as the
function within an organization that marries all the different fields that
legal can touch and makes sure that they're working most efficiently together.
In - house KM and
legal operations: Making K work without the # to support your
legal function and use of
legal process improvement
Legal operations is a position inside the majority of Fortune 500 companies, separate from in - house counsel, whose role is to ensure that the legal department functions more like a busi
Legal operations is a position inside the majority of Fortune 500 companies, separate from in - house counsel, whose role is to ensure that the
legal department functions more like a busi
legal department
functions more like a business.
In that context, the corporate
legal function must drive toward that goal throughout its
operations.
When I started in the field, more often than not companies did not have
legal operations as a
function, and almost none had a chief
legal operations officer.
This truly fundamental change will require
legal departments and the
legal industry to rethink how they
function, and the
legal operations role will be instrumental in that transition.
Fowler, BT's technology, service and
operations GC, who doubles as the in - house arm's chief operating officer (COO), contends the highprofile nature of this environment, mixed with the vast array of issues it raises, is behind the strength of the well - regarded
legal function.
For 10 years now, the Blickstein Group, in cooperation with Consilio, has been surveying
Legal Ops and other law department professionals, focusing solely on the
operations function and seeks to provide benchmarks that are useful to the largest law departments.
Dashboards are an important part of building a strong
operations function within your corporate
legal department - or establishing a
legal operations team.
As such he is responsible for the
Legal Departments strategic plan and budget, overall systems and tools, outside counsel spend management, knowledge management and all other
operations with the
Legal function.
Many of the top
legal ops
functions reside in larger departments, but many of the largest law departments have no (or no meaningful)
operations functions or leadership.
A covered entity that is a federal agency may disclose relevant information to its attorneys, who are business associates, for purposes of health care
operations, which includes uses or disclosures for
legal functions.
Although not addressed in the proposed rule, this final rule also recognizes that a covered entity may as a single
legal entity, affiliated entity, or other arrangement combine the
functions or
operations of health care providers, health plans and health care clearinghouses (for example, integrated health plans and health care delivery systems may
function as both health plans and health care providers).
The
legal operations role has established itself as a multi-disciplinary
function that aims to optimize
legal service delivery for the business.
On the other hand (¶ 22), «[i] f the third party is authorized only to gather information from outside sources and pass it on to the solicitor so that the solicitor might advise the client, or if the third party is retained to act on
legal instructions from the solicitor (presumably given after the client has instructed the solicitor), the third party's
function is not essential to the maintenance or
operation of the client - solicitor relationship and should not be protected.»
The document comprises of support
functions that help the company to pursue
legal operations.
Required to work within a cross
function matrix of business colleagues to include Compliance,
Legal, and Fulfillment
operations.
The
Legal Billing Specialist will assist with the efficient
operation of the billing
function for the London...
Professional Experience High Court of Gujarat (Gujarat, India) 10/1998 — 5/1999 Junior Clerk • Managed all mail correspondence as well as all document filing systems, maintaining an accurate register of all information flow while working closely with the computer operator with the government facility • Assisted various operational aspects of the judicial and administrative departments, performing numerous critical clerical
functions to facilitate efficient
operations and service execution • Applied relevant knowledge of related
legal procedures with respect to document control and records maintenance • Aided management with various other duties as assigned
Professional Experience CareConnections (San Francisco, CA) 2008 — Present Business
Operations Manager • Manage all operational
functions for a home health care placement agency, securing all placements for San Francisco, South Bay, East Bay, and Peninsula territories • Perform duties and responsibilities as at prior role, including the management of marketing, HR, administration, finance,
legal, and service aspects of daily corporate
operations
Passports and Consular Officer — Customer Service Duties & Responsibilities Deliver on - site support to all departments and coordinate all daily business efforts through effective collaboration and communication with team members while providing and ensuring a high - quality customer service experience Track, file, and view important documents, applications, information and records on a daily basis, organizing and maintaining sensitive files in an efficient and organized manner Develop and employ a working knowledge of related procedures, regulations and
legal applications with respect to the administration of organizational services Act as a liaison between all interested parties to ensure effective information flow, exceptional customer service, efficient
operations administration and timely issue resolution Prepare various materials as well as manage all data and information with the utilization of various software applications, including word processing, database and spreadsheet programs Collaborate in the execution of various operational aspects, including statistics management, information exports and backups, and regular records updates Support various reception
functions, including acting as first point of contact to guests as well as ensuring the placement of accurate and up - to - date information related to services and fees throughout reception area Address and resolve client queries and issues in a timely manner, researching all topics thoroughly for complete solutions Provide translation and interpretation services as needed to on - site and Australia - based staff in relation to complex consular matters, including official meetings and
functions Maintain security of and access to sensitive information, systems and other data Provide phone coverage as needed as well as manage various forms of critical correspondence Assist mid - and senior - level management with various other duties as assigned to facilitate efficient administrative and business
operations