Alternative Legal Service Providers

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

Why Corporations are Using ALSPs …and Why Law Firms Should be Concerned

For decades, corporate clients have provided law firms with a market stronghold. But law firms’ once-firm grip on this market has been loosening over time.…

Connie Brenton May 30, 2019

Forum Magazine: Is the Law Firm of the Future in Abu Dhabi?

If your vision of a law firm is an ornate, wood-paneled office staffed by a sea of lawyers sporting tailored suits, it might be time…

Leonard Lee May 28, 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