Alternative Legal Service Providers

Law department procurement: Is buying legal services the same as buying laptops?

For years now, corporate law departments have been asked to work with their companies’ procurement or purchasing departments. Most general counsel (GCs) and chief operating…

Audrey Rubin July 29, 2020

Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: How does the US & the UK match-up in legal?

In the next decade legal knowledge will be a skill, not a practice. The assumption is that knowledge is table stakes, and technology is now…

Joseph Raczynski June 30, 2020

Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: Can ALSPs provide what clients need?

General counsel (GCs) across the United States and the United Kingdom have varied approaches to the current market conditions, according to recent surveys. Interestingly, at…

Joseph Raczynski June 08, 2020

How Work Flexibility Is Helping Solve for the Gender Pay Gap

The gender pay gap in the U.S. has been in the spotlight in recent years, and the legal industry has been subject to its fair…

Sara Eng April 10, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: Effective Leadership Flows through Exerting Influence, Rather than Authority, Says Elevate’s Liam Brown

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

Rose D. Ors April 06, 2020

Our Brave New World: Making Sense of the New Legal Landscape’s Shapeshifters

The legal landscape has never been more confusing. With new entrants into the industry, law firm forays into non-traditional ventures, and the proliferation of new…

Daniel Reed December 02, 2019

Acritas ALSP Brand Index 2019: Acquisitions Lead to Huge Brand Gains for EY Law & Elevate

A new leader emerged in Acritas’ 3rd Annual Global Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) Brand Index as EY Law surpassed PwC to gain the top…

Gregg Wirth October 16, 2019

Alternative Legal Services Providers and the Shortage of Legal Talent

I’ve written a lot recently about how alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) are successfully leveraging technology and streamlining processes in ways that are new to…

Connie Brenton August 26, 2019

Hire an Esquire’s Secret to Success: Moneyball for Legal Hiring

At the time of the Great Recession, Julia Shapiro, now the CEO of Hire an Esquire, was then just beginning her legal career in private…

Transforming Womens Leadership July 25, 2019

Forum Magazine: A Safe Space for Innovation — Law Firms Creating “Captive ALSPs”

Today’s market for alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) has become larger, quickly growing and more broadly adopted by clients looking for more nimble or lower…

Gregg Wirth July 08, 2019

The Need (or Not) for A+ Work from Your Law Firm, and How ALSPs Move Upstream

We hire law firms regularly to support our in-house legal team’s need to service our in-house business clients. The law firm expects that our assignment…

Connie Brenton June 26, 2019

Forum Magazine Infographic: Landmark Study Shows ALSPs Thriving, Thanks to Organic Growth and Increasingly Sophisticated Services

Just two years ago, many in the legal profession could credibly claim that they didn’t quite understand what alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) did, nor…

Forum Magazine June 17, 2019