By Connor Amor-Bendall
legal operations
Why legal expertise alone isn’t enough
In-house legal teams face rising pressure to do more with less, shifting value beyond expertise to business partnership, tech...
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By Heather Kidd
talking tech
The AI factory and the future of the legal function
Companies are becoming AI factories. As they do, legal leaders must move beyond traditional risk management to build the gove...
By Legal Leaders
legal operations
Legal ops is the difference between busy and valuable
In-house legal teams are, in many cases, the definition of chaos. That’s not a criticism – it’s a reality. Work arrives from ...
By Legal Leaders
legal operations
Where legal finds its oxygen
Something is shifting in the legal industry, and it is not immediately visible in dashboards, workflows, or organizational ch...
By Heather Kidd
Business Career Development1+
Why CLOs are becoming industry advocates
The most effective Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) are no longer content to manage risk from the inside. They are stepping into t...
By Heather Kidd
Leadership Trust1+
Legal doesn’t need another strategy – it needs leaders with the capacity to execute one
Every legal leader wants the same thing. They want to spend less time reacting and more time leading. They want legal to be ...
By Heather Kidd
Leadership
Where legal leadership serves a legacy of excellence
Craig Burgess has built a legal function from the ground up at one of America’s most historic colleges, blending strategy, te...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
legal operations
Under-promising and over-delivering is the key to a great legal ops team
As legal operations teams face mounting pressure to transform overstretched legal departments, their success depends on manag...
By Heather Kidd
Change Collaboration2+
How Kansas State University built a modern in-house legal function
When many organizations lose a GC, the priority is finding a replacement. Kansas State University took a different approach. ...
By Heather Kidd
AI Business3+
Smarter systems, not faster lawyers, are the future of legal
For decades, legal departments have faced a problem that seemed impossible to solve. As businesses grow, legal work grows wit...
By Heather Kidd
Business Change2+
Why legal transformation starts with the problem, not the technology
Corporate legal departments are under pressure to modernize. Generative AI, workflow automation, and legal technology platfor...
By Heather Kidd
AI Career Development3+
Future-proofing your legal career: Why human judgment matters more than ever
Artificial intelligence is changing the legal profession at an extraordinary speed. At a recent panel discussion at LawVuR...
By Heather Kidd
AI Business2+
Thriving in the age of AI: The case for digital curiosity in legal leadership
If AI is transforming every profession, what will distinguish the legal leaders who thrive from those who struggle to keep up...
By Heather Kidd
Business Leadership1+
Value, not revenue: How legal can demonstrate business impact
For years, in-house legal teams have wrestled with the same perception problem. Sales teams are measured by revenue, marketin...
By Heather Kidd
AI Legal Technology
Why legal knowledge management is now mission critical
As AI transforms the delivery of legal services, knowledge management is emerging as the foundation on which modern legal dep...
By Heather Kidd
AI Leadership
From legal advisor to system architect: What AI demands of modern GCs
Legal is no longer just advising the business, it’s shaping how the business operates. In an AI-driven world, the role of leg...
By Heather Kidd
AI Business
The modern in-house lawyer: Combining AI, influence, and business impact
The future of in-house legal belongs to professionals who can combine AI-powered productivity with business influence, strate...
By Legal Leaders
Leadership
From risks to results
For a long time, in-house legal teams were viewed primarily as organizations’ risk managers. An essential final checkpoint be...