Legal Operations

CURIOUS MINDS: A Discussion with Margaret Hagan of the Stanford Legal Design Lab

We continue our new column, “Curious Minds” created and written by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers…

Rose D. Ors June 24, 2019

Legal Pricing and Project Management Pros Commanding Competitive Salaries, But with Disparities

The burgeoning field of legal operations has been the source of much discussion on both the buy- and sell-side of the legal market in recent…

Bill Josten June 13, 2019

Forum Magazine: Canadian GCs Forge Innovative Paths

In Canadian Lawyer magazine’s fifth annual Innovatio Awards, the general counsel and the legal departments for Canadian companies Toronto-Dominion Bank and Points International Ltd. were…

Jennifer Brown June 12, 2019

Augment 2019: Professional Services Laying the Groundwork for AI in Practice

CHICAGO — The Legal Executive Institute’s Augment 2019 conference stuck a finger in the wind of how far artificial intelligence and its ilk have transformed…

David Curle June 11, 2019

On the Ground at the CLOC Institute 2019: How to Be a Legal Ops Business Enabler

LAS VEGAS — As the legal industry continues to morph and change, corporate general counsel are being asked to wear many hats, often taking time…

Gina Jurva May 17, 2019

How Collaboration is Powering Growth in the Market for Alternative Legal Service Providers

Alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) are growing much faster than any other part of the legal market — 12.9% compounded growth in just the past…

Connie Brenton April 23, 2019

Legal Operations: How to Develop a Win/Win Relationship Between In-house Counsel and Law Firms

One of the most significant developments going on today in the legal industry is how the rise of legal operations has pushed in-house law departments…

Nancey Watson April 16, 2019

In an Era of Rapid Technological Change in the Legal Market, Do Relationships Still Matter?

As technology continues to change every aspect of our lives, I often wonder what affect it will have on the lawyer/client relationship in the business…

Cole Silver March 08, 2019

PMI Slips in Q4 as Productivity Softens and Demand Growth Is Offset by Other Shortcomings

Through the first three quarters of 2018, the large law firm market enjoyed average growth in demand, rates, and productivity. The fourth quarter, however, was…

Joe Blackwood February 12, 2019

Law Firm Rate Setting (Part 2): Hard-Learned Lessons

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at lessons around law firm rate setting that the top-performing firms in our recent Dynamic Law Firm Study had…

Bill Josten November 29, 2018

General Counsel Q&A: Law Firms Must “Shoulder the Problem” and Not Be Defensive in Their Guidance, Says Kevin M. Connor of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

Kevin M. Connor, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., recently spoke with Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Transactions…

Legal Executive Institute October 31, 2018

The 17th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum Preview: How the Clients’ Voice is Driving Change

“Nothing is so powerful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” —    Victor Frankenstein Thus, in melancholic tone, muses Victor Frankenstein, the…

Legal Executive Institute October 16, 2018