As recession looms, law organisations often reflexively slash spending, projects, staff, and IT purchases. They should instead focus on cost-free innovation and process improvements that deliver near and long-term savings.
To minimise long-term business risks, law firm leaders should adopt staffing strategies that leverage the surge in mid- and senior-level flex lawyers. Doing so eliminates the risks inherent in an approach centered on developing junior firm lawyers.
At most law organisations, staffing is a significant expense but usually hard to trim. To do it sensibly, focus on value and the ‘Four Rights’: having the right legal professional do the right work at the right time and in the right place.
As with switching horses midstream, transitioning eDiscovery software while a project is underway is tricky. As tools continue to evolve, it is increasingly common for law firms to need to migrate platforms.
Shifting market conditions can mean cycles of downsizing and rehiring. A flex staffing firm can stabilise things – if, instead of fixating on cost, you pick one with experience, bench strength, and HR savvy.
In this Impact episode, Aarash Darroodi, Fender’s General Counsel and Executive Vice President, and Elevate’s COO and General Counsel, Steve Harmon, discuss implementing change, particularly the need to insist on — and engage with others about — inclusion and diversity within the legal field.
Fostering inclusion throughout the year comes when we consider alternative perspectives, listen to underrepresented voices, and act to ensure all community members feel valued and respected.
In this month’s Talent spotlight, meet our Expert, Marc Montandon, and learn more about his experience as a legal secondee with Elevate’s Flexible Legal Resourcing Team.
Adopting an ‘e2eDiscovery’ or end-to-end eDiscovery approach offers pre-packaged tools to attorneys and guarantees consistency in the project workflow.
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are poised to transform eDiscovery workflows and reduce the need for manually reviewing material by 80% or more.
