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Sweetening Up Legal Operations: Key Insights into How to Drive Value During Economic Times

May 24, 2023

In a Legal IT Insider article, Valerie Chan provides insights on the Level Legal Sweet Suite hosted during CLOC 2023. The event brought together legal operators from companies such as American Airlines, DIRECTV, Raymond James Financial, Tilson Tech, Evisort, Civix, Twilio and others discussed the transformation of legal departments into proactive businesses. Key themes included the importance of scalable processes, data-driven metrics, objective assessment of outside counsel engagement, and technology workflows to enable the role of General Counsels (GCs). Attendees shared their experiences in growing legal operations departments through thoughtful implementation of technology, emphasizing automation, integrated applications, and effective data management.

Click here to read the full article and gain more insight from Level Legal’s Sweet Suite at CLOC.

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