January 14, 2026

How To Choose The Best ELM Platform for Legal Departments

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 are managed and how decisions are made. The right platform (and the best ELM platform) enhances visibility, reduces administrative burden and gives legal operations teams reliable data they can trust. With many vendors...

January 07, 2026

How To Buy Best Contract Lifecycle Management Software

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 Legal Management Software for Legal Departments. Choosing the right contract lifecycle management (CLM) software can determine how efficiently your legal department operates. With so many platforms on the market...

December 31, 2025

ICYMI 2025: Contract Lifecycle Management Automation

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 infrastructure for modern law departments. Rising demand for speed, visibility, automation, and compliance pushed legal teams to rethink how contracts are created, negotiated, stored, and analyzed. Contract Lifecycle...

December 29, 2025

ICYMI: Legal Spend Management Insights 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 to the front of the legal operations agenda. The conversation shifted from "How do we cut costs?" to "How do we manage legal spend with accuracy, foresight and defensibility?" The answer came in...

December 26, 2025

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

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, automation and integrated enterprise legal management platforms to prove value as an integral component to the enterprise. At the same time, legal ops professionals found themselves balancing transformation with...

December 24, 2025

ICYMI 2025: Enterprise Legal Management Insights and Integration

The Year Legal Departments Became Data-Driven This past year, corporate legal departments made bold strides in modernization. What began as incremental digital adoption evolved into full-scale enterprise transformation. The year 2025 marked the point when enterprise legal management (ELM) became synonymous with operational intelligence. Legal departments were able to unify data and track legal spend, modernize and automate...

December 17, 2025

How Enterprise Matter Management Goes Beyond Traditional Case Management

Most law departments begin their digital transformation using basic case management tools. These systems help organize files, track deadlines and manage client communication. As organizations grow and become more mature, basic case management tools reveal serious limitations. Corporate legal teams need more than case tracking. They need full visibility into budgets, vendors, contracts, and outcomes across the enterprise...

December 10, 2025

Boost Legal Ops: Year-end Planning Is Any Time Planning

For many legal operations leaders, year-end planning has become synonymous with last-minute strategy sessions and data scrambles. But forward-thinking departments are breaking that cycle. With LexisNexis® CounselLink® Strategic Services , legal teams can evaluate performance, optimize spend and strengthen decision-making maturity any time of year, not just during Q4 crunch time. Continuous Improvement Beats...

December 03, 2025

What Is The Best Contract Lifecycle Management Software?

Editor's Note: For a comprehensive guide on contract lifecycle management, read Contract Lifecycle Management Overview . Review Enterprise Legal Management for Legal Departments to learn more about ELM software for corporate legal. Why CLM Software Matters The corporate legal department requires management of contracts to be efficient for critical legal and business success. Missed renewals, inconsistent terms...

November 26, 2025

Invoice To Insight: AI Legal Spend Management in CounselLink+

Corporate legal departments face rising demands while budgets stay flat. Manual invoice review consumes valuable time, invites billing errors and slows approvals. To address these challenges, LexisNexis® CounselLink+™, the enterprise legal management solution , integrates AI-powered legal spend management applications that simplify oversight and control spend. In Brief Legal departments using CounselLink...

November 19, 2025

Legal Operations 2026 Challenges And How ELM Software Solves Them

Editor's Note: For a thorough understanding of ELM software, review of Enterprise Legal Management for Corporate Law Departments and What Is ELM Software ? As a complement, review Contract Lifecycle Management Overview for Legal Departments . Legal Operations at a Turning Point As 2026 approaches, legal operations leaders face an unprecedented convergence of pressures that include financial, technological and...

November 12, 2025

Measuring ELM Value: Key Metrics And Maturity Benchmarks

Editor's Note: Become adept at the benefits of an enterprise legal management solution in your legal department. Learn more by reading Best Legal Spend Management Software Explained , 10 Essential Features Every ELM Should Include and Contract Lifecycle Management Overview for Legal Departments . Corporate legal departments are under increasing pressure to prove operational efficiency and business alignment. Technology...

November 05, 2025

How LexisNexis Protege in CounselLink+ Transforms Legal Operations

Editor’s Note: For insights into enterprise legal management technology, read Enterprise Legal Management Software for Legal Departments . For related topics, explore How Enterprise Legal Management Improves Matter Management and Best Legal Spend Management Software Explained . The rapid evolution of law department legal operations is driven by increasing demands for visibility, efficiency and measurable results...

October 29, 2025

10 Essential ELM Features Every Platform Should Include

Editor’s Note: For a full overview, read Enterprise Legal Management Software for Legal Departments . For guidance on adoption and rollout, see How to Implement Enterprise Legal Management Software in Your Law Department. Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) software has become the operational core of the modern law department. Whether managing matters, reviewing invoices or tracking vendor performance, ELM systems...

October 22, 2025

How To Implement Enterprise Legal Management Software

Editor’s Note: For foundational insights, read Enterprise Legal Management Software for Legal Departments . To explore related topics, see What Is ELM Software and Best Legal Spend Management Software Explained. Modern law departments are moving from fragmented workflows to integrated legal ecosystems. Implementing Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) software is a critical step toward achieving that transformation...

October 15, 2025

Best Legal Spend Management Software Explained

Note: This article builds on our foundational overview, Enterprise Legal Management for Corporate Law Departments , which explores how legal technology unites spend, matter and contract lifecycle management into a single unified platform. Summary In this guide, we'll address answers to the following questions: How do legal spend management software products differ? Which legal spend management software supports...

October 08, 2025

Developing A Legal Ecosystem For Legal Ops Leaders

Introduction A modern law department depends on more than lawyers; it requires a functioning legal ecosystem . This interconnected network includes in-house counsel, legal operations teams, outside vendors, business leaders, and technology providers, all working together to deliver efficiency and value. When designed well, a legal ecosystem aligns legal services with enterprise strategy, improves accountability and...

October 01, 2025

LexisNexis Protege in CounselLink+ Transforms Legal Ops

Summary The legal operations function in the corporate law department is evolving rapidly, and technology is playing a role in that transformation. Legal operations professionals are expected to drive strategic business value for their organizations while managing growth in legal workloads, diminishing budgets and a quest for the right talent. Add to that legal spend management, and the mix of responsibilities just...

September 24, 2025

Trending: Law Firm Partner Hourly Rates

Annually, LexisNexis® CounselLink® publishes its trends report on law firm partner hourly rates. The 2025 Mid-year Trends Report indicates more fluctuation in median partner hourly fees across practice areas and compared to mid-year 2024 data. In this article, we'll look at detailed data about the mid-year CounselLink Trends Report, the closing gap between mid-sized law firms and Big Law, and considering a...

September 17, 2025

FAQ: What Is Enterprise Legal Management?

Editor’s Note: For an in-depth overview of enterprise legal management, read Enterprise Legal Management Software for Legal Departments . For a closer look at cost control and automation, explore Best Legal Spend Management Software Explained . Summary On the LexisNexis® CounselLink+™ blog, we regularly share frequently asked questions (FAQs) we hear from legal operations professionals, in-house lawyers...

September 10, 2025

Strategic Services Contribute To Data-Driven Decisions

Summary Every legal department is charged with enhancing value. It’s an esoteric thing, but highly doable with the right strategic services partnership. In this article, we explore the types of strategic services offered by LexisNexis® CounselLink® , an enterprise legal management platform. An expert team can analyze data in the legal department and recommend various offerings to enhance strategic decision...

September 03, 2025

Key Factors In Selecting The Right Legal Technology

A recent Gartner study featured in Law.com suggests that general counsels often “doom in-house tech upgrades,” beginning with “failure to unlock value of their technology investments.” Selecting the right technology for the legal department has much to do with data. Is the data accessible to everyone on the legal team and in legal operations? Is the data clean? Is the department equipped with...

August 27, 2025

How To Develop Matter Management Workflow?

Summary Law departments without matter management software struggle to be efficient because automated matter management workflows don’t exist. The onset of AI-powered tools to drive workflow processes helps the entire legal department be productive, guided by a step-by-step matter management workflow that fits all matters, regardless of complexity. Implementing a matter management workflow requires collaboration...

August 20, 2025

How To Implement Contract Management Workflow?

The best way to implement a contract management workflow in the law department requires an enterprise legal management platform to connect all applications, including contract lifecycle management, work management, AI-powered tools , matter management applications, and other features that streamline the law department. Setting up workflows for contract management with manual processes can be time-consuming and prone to...

August 13, 2025

What Are Key Steps In Automating Legal Workflows?

Legal departments require efficient workflow to ensure productive and streamlined work output. Which areas are positioned well for automation in a legal department? In this blog post, we explore several key steps in automating legal workflows and the role enterprise legal management plays in making efficient law departments. What Are Key Steps in Automating Legal Workflows? 1. Identify Suitable Processes for Automation...