Elevate Together Newsletter
 
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Pratik Patel
 
The best law departments understand that shared legal services are, above all, a way to boost a business's bottom line rather than just 'liberate' lawyers' time or trim legal spend.
 
 
 
Top-Blog-Post
 
 
Tom ‘Hersh’ Hershenson
 
Five of Elevate Experts’ posts so far this year drew outsized attention, covering practical ways for GCs to add business value, AI’s impact on legal, a new way to think about a business’s contracting function, and more.
 
 
 
Elevate’s Score at Halftime
 
 
Tom ‘Hersh’ Hershenson
 
Elevate again this year has earned top marks from Chambers (for the ninth consecutive year), while Financial Times, the Association of Corporate Counsel, and other prominent organisations turned to Elevate Experts for insight into topics like AI and legal ops.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elevate received top ranking for the ninth year in a row, solidifying our leadership in Contract Lifecycle Management, Flexible Legal Staffing, and Litigation Services.

 
 
 
 
 
Elevate has strengthened its cybersecurity offerings through a strategic partnership with SessionGuardian, ensuring advanced data protection for our customers.
 
 
 
Law firm Trims Discovery Costs
 
Generative AI’s
 
 
The legal landscape is evolving rapidly with generative AI and Elevate is strategically adapting it. Our focus? Becoming experts in these AI tools to provide customers with the best possible solutions.
 
 
 
Big Trends
 
 
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No one should fault law departments and law firms for viewing the client-counsel relationship as unavoidably zero-sum. However, reciprocal wins are readily achievable, whereby reductions in legal spend do not come at the expense of firm revenue or profitability.
 
 
 
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For law departments seeking to optimise workflows and deliver better service, legal intake is critical. But many intake tools create complexity and fall short in other ways. Law departments should select a tool that is simple yet adaptable, easy to use, capable of automation, and readily integrates with other business functions.
 
 
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