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Why Law Department Governance Matters And The Value It Delivers

Why Law Department Governance Matters And The Value It Deliv...

February 18, 2026

Many legal departments have invested time in standardizing processes, documenting guidelines and defining expectations. Yet even with these efforts, inconsistency often remains. Decisions vary by matter...

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From Standardization To Governance In Outside Counsel Evaluation

From Standardization To Governance In Outside Counsel Evalua...

February 11, 2026

Many legal operations teams have made meaningful progress toward standardization. Billing guidelines are in place. Evaluation criteria exist. Budget expectations are documented. Yet despite these efforts...

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Grow A Legal Operations Career: 10 Tips From Leaders

Grow A Legal Operations Career: 10 Tips From Leaders

February 04, 2026

Legal operations has never been more visible or more demanding. Budgets are tighter, expectations from the business are higher, and the tech stack seems to change regularly. For legal operations professionals...

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What Is Governance In Legal Operations?

What Is Governance In Legal Operations?

January 28, 2026

Legal operations teams experience extreme pressure daily to manage complexity across matters, budgets, vendors, and expectations from leadership. In response, many departments have focused on standardizing...

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What Is Contract Lifecycle Management?

What Is Contract Lifecycle Management?

January 21, 2026

Contracts define how organizations operate. They outline obligations, establish relationships and govern risk across the business. Managing these agreements efficiently is essential for corporate law departments...

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How To Choose The Best ELM Platform for Legal Departments

How To Choose The Best ELM Platform for Legal Departments

January 14, 2026

When a legal department commits to enterprise legal management (ELM) software, it is choosing more than a tool. It is selecting the operational backbone that will support how lawyers work, how budgets...

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How To Buy Best Contract Lifecycle Management Software

How To Buy Best Contract Lifecycle Management Software

January 07, 2026

Editor’s Note: For an overview of contract lifecycle management, read Contract Lifecycle Management Overview for Legal Departments . For more on integrated enterprise legal management, visit Enterprise...

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ICYMI 2025: Contract Lifecycle Management Automation

ICYMI 2025: Contract Lifecycle Management Automation

December 31, 2025

The Year CLM Became the Center of Legal Workflow The past 18 months marked a turning point for contract lifecycle management automation. What was once viewed as a helpful efficiency tool has become core...

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ICYMI: Legal Spend Management Insights 2025

ICYMI: Legal Spend Management Insights 2025

December 29, 2025

Law departments entered 2025 under unrelenting financial pressure. Rising outside counsel rates, unpredictable matter costs and executive demand for real time budget insight pushed legal spend management...

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ICYMI 2025: Legal Operations, A Year of Data, Strategy, Leadership

ICYMI 2025: Legal Operations, A Year of Data, Strategy, Lead...

December 26, 2025

2025 Was the Year Legal Operations Took Center Stage If 2024 was about defining the role of legal operations, 2025 was about proving its impact. Across the industry, law departments embraced data analytics...

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