New Report Looks At the Expanding Influence of Legal Operations

The economy, technology, and practice preferences continue to influence a reconfiguration of the corporate legal department in a post-pandemic period.

8 minute read August 01, 2023 at 12:05 AM
By
Ari Kaplan
New Report Looks At the Expanding Influence of Legal Operations

In collaboration with Cimplifi, I was fortunate to interview 50 legal operations professionals between Feb. 9, 2023, and March 3, 2023, to better understand how they are adapting to today's legal, business, and operations landscapes, including examining the effect of contract lifecycle management tools and the rise of analytics and artificial intelligence on their law departments.

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