Writing in an article in Corporate Counsel last week, Dan Currell, director of client solutions at Novus Law and Aaron Kotok, legal practice leader at CEB, assessed the state
of legal department operations.
The solution increases efficiency and cost effectiveness
of legal department operations by expediting request submission, assignment, and reporting.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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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Legal Department Maturity Model.
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.
«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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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One
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.
As Director
of Strategic Consulting for the Counsellink business for nearly two decades, Ms. Satkunas regularly advises corporate
legal departments on how they can improve
operations in the
legal department by making data - driven decisions.
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.
I was reviewing the results
of The Ninth Annual Law
Department Operations Survey (Blickstein Group / Consilio), which found that 33 percent
of responding companies added their first
legal operations professional in 2008.
The stated mission according to its website is: «To help
legal operations professionals and other core corporate
legal industry players (e.g. tech providers, law firms, LPOs, law schools, etc.) optimize the
legal service delivery models needed to support the needs
of small, medium, and large
legal departments.»
Ms Barrett - Vane, whose role involves overseeing the introduction
of new technology within
legal operations at Royal Mail, managing group
legal budget and running all panel reviews, outlined the benefits
of adopting an e-billing solution within the
department in 2015.
The Association
of Corporate Counsel reports that almost half
of law
departments surveyed now have
legal operations staff, more than twice the number reported last year.
Our approximately 88 lawyers are assisted by a staff
of 100, including paralegals,
legal assistants, accounting staff, title searchers, systems
operations, a marketing
department, a librarian and personnel administrators.
Corporate
legal departments are in the midst
of a productivity revolution, and
legal operations is at the forefront
of the in - house efficiency techniques that are driving it.
Big Data is capable
of mining clients for their
legal needs, examining and interpreting
legal invoice data, and analyzing performance reviews and other human resources data and can provide a «genetic road map» for much
of the law
department's
operations.
A few months ago an article published on this blog discussed
legal department operations (LDO) as a functional business area that's come into its own, and how the expanded and growing role and responsibilities
of LDO professionals is clearly here to stay.
Two trends that are not getting much press, and are transformational in our view, is the consolidation
of legal panels and the emergence
of the
legal operations group inside large
legal departments.
This panel will discuss how innovative law
departments are meeting this challenge by using a portfolio
of insourcing, outsourcing, technology, benchmarking, analytics and project management techniques to create and manage a
legal ecosystem
of law firm and non-law firm LPOs, for law
department operations and substantive
legal services.
The event focuses on operational strategies and issues for
legal technology professionals working in law
departments or as part
of legal operations.
Jun 12, 2:30 The Evolution
of the
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Legal department operations (LDO) is a growing segment of the legal industry focused on improving operational aspects of law department manage
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department management.
As a result, this type
of software is very limited, which means
legal departments need to find a separate matter management software to handle their everyday
operations.
Software that is up to the task keeps
legal departments focused on improving
operations instead
of spending hours on invoices and billing paperwork.
Thomson Reuters recently released the first edition
of a new semiannual report focused on
legal department operations.
The combination
of its diversified set
of strategy,
operations, technology and talent services with our powerful lightweight software solution will enable law
departments to take their
legal operations to the next level.