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Invoice Validation Rules use configurable rules to programmatically enforce complex billing guidelines, AFAs, discounts, invoice routing, and more....

Legal document management involves more intuitive options to easily save, categorize, and search files than legal document storage....

Dive into 2023 CLOC Global Institute takeaways, including the rise of generative AI and the importance of building a business case for legal tech investments....

Looking for legal podcasts you’ll love? Check out this list for run-downs of the latest legal news, interesting takes on historical rulings, and everything in between....

When starting a new role, overcoming the learning curve along with the desire to make a lasting impression can put a lot of pressure on you. And with the responsibilities of the legal ops role va...

Whether you’re a seasoned legal ops pro or just starting out, our practice legal operations interview questions will help you ace the conversation....

We sit down with LaTrece Johnson. Head of Legal Operations at Palo Alto Networks to discuss what trends are emerging for legal ops in 2023 and how legal teams can tackle these trends....

Legal departments can lead company-wide progress by shifting the focus from reactive to proactive initiatives....

We sit down with Lauren Stern. Director of Legal Operations at Dolby Laboratories Inc. to discuss what trends are emerging for legal ops in 2023 and how legal teams can tackle these trends....

Efficiency, data analysis, and collaboration are the foundation of legal ops success. Use these tips to deliver greater business value. ...

A healthy lawyer work-life balance can be tough. Our tips support productivity without compromising your well-being and happiness....

Our fifth annual whitepaper covers the biggest legal ops trends and what corporate legal departments will need to do to succeed in 2023 and beyond....

Improving your teamwork with other departments is key to changing legal’s reputation as a roadblock to a helpful, trusted partner....

Here’s everything you need to know about legal operations, including what it is, its history, functions, job roles, and more....

Improve your legal department’s productivity and efficiency with legal contract management with these 5 easy-to-implement steps....

Discover 7 high-impact ways legal ops teams use legal project management tools to their advantage and learn how to apply those strategies in your own organization....

Manufacturing is very familiar with adapting and moving into better processes, like through Lean Management and moving to Industry 4.0, to name a few. Their legal teams should also be the same....

Law firm metrics help legal ops accurately assess the performance of their vendors and ensure they’re getting the most out of their legal budget....

Check out our top 5 legal ops 2022 trends to learn how to close out your year strong and set yourself up for success in 2023....

A proper legal management system goes beyond invoice reviews and online bill pay in order to truly control costs in your legal budget....

Legal spend management is tracking, analyzing, and optimizing costs for in-house legal departments. Here’s how to create an effective system....

Modern legal ops are expected to act as multi-disciplinary business partners that can move companies forward. A key part of meeting that is nailing the fundamentals of data-backed reporting....

Best law books: the ultimate reading list for legal professionals ; LETTERS TO A LAW STUDENT: A GUIDE TO STUDYING LAW AT UNIVERSITY...

Legal knowledge management is the key to helping legal teams stay productive and deliver enterprise value in a rapidly changing business world....

Create a solid foundation for a favorable reputation that helps you position your legal department as a valuable business partner and ally — a reputation that will last even as legal grows....

Looking for the best legal reads? We're sharing 38 top legal blogs by sector so you can stay on top of what's going on in the legal industry....

While the majority of legal teams know data privacy compliance is critical for managing risk, it can be tough to figure out where to start. Learn how to keep this risk manageable with this 101...

CLOC 2022 just wrapped up! We're recapping how the legal ops industry continued to innovate with 5 takeaways, despite facing unprecedented change in a very short amount of time....

Legal matter management is the foundation of legal cost control. Matter details help you objectively measure attorney performance and find more ways to save....

As firms continue to increase rates, alternative legal service providers have become great options to reduce legal spend without reducing quality. ...

Legal spend tech helps legal ops easily find ways to save, which is especially important because most GCs are focused on reducing legal costs through 2024....

Our fourth annual whitepaper covers the biggest legal ops trends and what in-house legal departments will need to do to succeed in 2022 and beyond....

This comprehensive guide to in house legal lingo will help you navigate the complicated profession — and you’ll earn brownie points from the higher-ups....

Growing financial and legal risks of poor data privacy measures have prompted corporate legal departments to step up and take ownership alongside IT....

Legal data gives you the power to predict spend and team efficiency. Learn how to collect and leverage the right data set for cost savings, and more. ...

If you’re new to legal analytics, figuring out what to do with a mountain of legal data can be daunting. Learning the basics gives you a roadmap for success....

It’s much easier to create a shared, objective definition of success with your vendors when you can reliably track vendor performance metrics to incorporate into their evaluations....

Relying on spreadsheets for legal department reporting negatively impacts your legal ops team and leads to less effective business decisions. Here's how modern legal technology helps....

A lawyer’s education is never done. When every state has slightly different continuing legal education requirements, it can be tough to keep everything straight....

Diversity in law gives rise to innovation and increased profitability — but is hiring diverse candidates enough? Here are four more things you should be doing to achieve DEI....

What are UTBMS Codes? Here’s everything you need to know to understand and use UTBMS and ABA task codes in 2021. ...

AI in law helps you do more low-level work in less time, so team members can focus on high-value tasks. Here’s how AI can help legal ops departments....

There are four pillars of an efficiently structured legal department; people, processes, tech, and data. Here’s how to structure your department around them....

Joined by the Diversity Lab and legal leaders at Twilio, hear how legal ops teams are boosting diversity and inclusion within their departments and organizations....

Legal metrics help legal departments gain insight into ways to improve their department and show their value to stakeholders. But what are the right metrics to track?...

LEDES file format facilitates electronic data transmission in legal, streamlining e-Billing by displaying invoice data in a specific order and format. Here's everything you need to know in 2021....

AI streamlines legal processes to eliminate time-consuming, tedious tasks. To effectively implement the adoption of AI-powered solutions, the panelists at CLOC shared 5 key principles....

Last week, CLOC hosted their second virtual CLOC Global Institute. Here's what a first-time attendee gained from the experience....

Finance and legal both want to use the budget wisely, but they don’t always work cross-functionally. Learn how the teams can improve spend management together....

At the end of 2020, we asked in-house legal departments to submit colleagues for the Legal MVP Award. After careful consideration, we’re pleased to announce the 3 winners!...

Legal spend management processes can be tedious, repetitive and riddled with human error. Here is how a spend management solution can solve all of those problems....

Learn how to streamline contract risk management by leveraging technology to gain better access to information, speed up contract creation, and minimize bottlenecks....

A look at how enterprise legal management has evolved over time to continuously address legal ops needs....

Want to save your legal department hundreds of thousands each month? Learn how to track and manage different types of accruals....

Procurement and legal haven’t always worked closely together, but with the right legal tech, the teams can simplify the contract negotiation process. ...

Alternative fee arrangements allow legal ops teams and law firms alike to shift the focus to value-based work instead of worrying about hours and minutes....

Not sure how to choose between e-Billing and contract lifecycle management? Here’s what to consider before you commit to tech for your legal team....

Sales and legal share common goals, but don’t always work cross-functionally. Learn how the two teams can improve contract management together. ...

The after effects of an uncertain year are bound to roll into 2021. Now’s the time to think proactively about legal department budgets for the coming year. ...

Our 3rd edition of top trends is here! After scouring dozens of industry reports, we're presenting the top trends influencing legal ops....

Our customers are on the cutting edge of legal operations. Based on their experiences, we created this maturity model to help you better understand your legal ops....

Legal ops needs to use hard data to prove their value in order to build better relationships, secure their budget, and prevent budget cuts....

You can’t approach virtual legal events like an in-person conference. Here’s how to get the full benefit of conferences as they move online. ...

Get a head start on hiring top talent for your legal department with our downloadable legal operations jobs templates....

Like so many private equity (PE) firms, invoices come in at the start of a deal and they are reasonable. There’s time to review them. But as the deal progresses, everyone is running around ...

At the end of a long week, you sit down to find a great movie to watch. It takes a solid five minutes for Netflix to boot up. Then, you can’t preview any movies within the application, so you s...

“I love repetitive administrative work!” — said no one, ever. And yet, office workers spend around 552 hours a year completing mundane administrative tasks. You may think that your fragment...

Whether you're new to legal ops or are an industry veteran, see which reports legal ops professionals are leveraging to drive decision making, demonstrate departmental value, and more!...

Picture this: An attorney spends five hours on a flight to take an out-of-town deposition for Client A. During that time, the attorney works on IP management research to use for projects for both...

Legal billing guidelines are a binding agreement between a legal department and a law firm, ensuring payment in exchange for legal work. The guidelines establish rules for legal invoicing formats...

“Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” American author, Anthony J. D’Angelo, probably wasn’t referring to legal templates when he said that — but his advice still applies. Why s...

Known for its simplicity, yet robust and configurable capabilities, SimpleLegal is one of the must-have legal technologies for legal departments of all shapes and sizes. Learn why SimpleLegal’...

What is business intelligence? It involves leveraging tools to turn data and analytics into actionable insights that facilitate more strategic business decisions. If that sounds like a bunch of j...

Adopting technology is becoming more commonplace in the legal industry. But with a growing number of in-house tools available, deciding which tools are best for your department is a challenging p...

Gain a clear view of where your legal team is, meet your goals, and align with your organizational needs. Get a preview of our Legal Operations maturity model and register to get our e-Book below...

Creating a change management plan is a lot like preparing to build a house: You can’t construct a sturdy structure without first creating a blueprint, and you won’t make much headway if you d...

All relationships require work, and the business relationship between legal ops teams and their vendors is no exception. Unfortunately, legal ops teams often rely on a single, pre-existing connec...

Outside counsel guidelines (OCG) vary widely by company and sometimes span hundreds of pages, theoretically covering every possible situation that can arise between in-house and outside counsel. ...

Intellectual property management can get complicated due to the sheer volume of paperwork, vendors, and invoices involved. Before you know it, you’re spending money on patent work without knowi...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Our Legal Technology Glossary is now live! Check out some of the top technology terms being used in the legal industry and help your legal ops department stay up to date with the latest in legal ...

Learn the risks of staying on an outdated solution for e-Billing and matter management and how to migrate to a modern solution like SimpleLegal in 3 steps....

If you work with a lot of outside counsel, the type of legal billing software you choose will have a sizable impact on the overall efficiency of your billing process. Choosing software that strea...

Get a peek at the top technologies used by legal departments to build more efficient, streamlined, and value-driving operations. ...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Want to uplevel your legal ops career in 2020? Perhaps you’re interested in expanding your legal ops function and want to know how your peers are tackling the challenge head on? Learn what’s ...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

    The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

Get the Ultimate Legal Operations Success Kit for 2020! Over 20 resources to help you and your department exceed in legal ops....

SimpleLegal and Onit partnered with leading analyst firm IDC to present a webinar on the future of legal ops, highlighting market trends, change management, and predictions. Read on for a recap o...

Legal professionals from Crocs and Fitbit share their experiences and expert advice on how to build a strong business case for legal technology internally....

Legal Ops professionals from Veritas and Snowflake discuss best practices for billing guidelines, getting buy-in from peers and outside counsel as well solutions to common issues....

Creating billing guidelines is often one of the first steps a legal department takes when trying to get a hold of out-of-control legal spend. But how can a legal department ensure that their guid...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

The LegalOps Highlight is a bi-weekly blog series that features relevant news, market trends and legal technology updates from the legal ecosystem. The content is curated from legal and business ...

One of the main benefits of modern legal technology is being able to implement and scale processes that help the legal team stay more efficient and productive. With its latest product update, Sim...

In this joint white paper by Onit and SimpleLegal, learn how legal ops is driving disruption and influencing operational change within the legal department....

Legal ops leaders share how their teams approached and tackled accruals management during an informative panel at ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Legal Ops conference in 2018....

The legal profession has seen an incredible rise in legal operations. The advent of sophisticated and modern legal technology, coupled with the steady progression towards running a transparent, d...

Last week, CLOC (Corporate Operations Legal Consortium) announced the results of their 2nd Annual State of the Industry Survey. This year’s survey included respondents from 200+ companies of di...

Change is hard regardless of how it’s packaged. While we can all relate to this both personally and professionally, in recent years, it’s a concept that’s proved especially true for legal o...

This white paper shares the building blocks of successful change management plans from questions to ask before making major changes to best practices for ensuring the success of your program....

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their views on the future of legal and ...

Having worked with other legacy systems for e-Billing and matter management, the legal team at Instacart knew they needed a more modern solution to replace their highly manual invoicing process. ...

We just got back from attending another fantastic CLOC Institute in Las Vegas. We’ve had the honor of sponsoring CLOC four years in a row and we can’t tell you how amazing it has been to watc...

We're sharing how general counsel can be more than just legal advisers, instead emerging as strategic business partners that inform executives and the c-suite....

General counsel who traditionally reigned over risk, ethics, and compliance are now being asked to think about budget, technology, and operational efficiency. A handful of studies demonstrate the...

At SimpleLegal, we love anything related to legal operations, so it’s no surprise that we’re thrilled to be a fourth year sponsor of the 2019 CLOC Institute – one of the largest legal ops c...

A successful legal knowledge management (KM) program increases legal department productivity, eliminates time spent doing duplicate work, and delivers consistency by leveraging intellectual and k...

Last week, we partnered with Morae Global to host a panel discussion on the digital transformation currently taking shape within corporate legal departments across the world. Starting bright and ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Evolve the Law gathers legal leaders to discuss the rise of legal ops, how to achieve quick wins for your department, and the role of technology both now and in the future....

We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Dan Wright, who shared his path of being the first in-house legal hire at AppDynamics – serving as their General Counsel – to taking on a more stra...

We just wrapped up our ‘Best Practices for Selling the Investment in Legal Technology Internally’ webinar – what a great discussion! If you couldn’t make the webinar, we wanted to summari...

Whether you're new to the role or just brushing up on your terminology, check out our dictionary of legal operations terms every legal ops and in-house professional should know....

This white paper is a complete guide to all things legal operations with insight into key responsibilities, hiring and growing the team, working cross-functionally, and more....

Reports and dashboards are an important part of modern legal operations. This whitepaper lists 9 essential reports that every GC is looking for, and what data is needed to build them....

Learn how Instacart was able to save 10% in legal spend with the SimpleLegal Legal Operations platform....

Kickstart your hiring efforts with our sample legal operations manager job description and customize to your unique needs....

Learn how Crocs leverages the SimpleLegal platform to support their complex invoicing workflows and global requirements....

Maximizing outside counsel performance is part trial and error and part effective management. Whether you are just starting with law firms or have dozens (if not hundreds) of vendors, here are fo...

Learn how KidKraft's legal team improved cross-functional alignment and enhanced their budgeting and reporting processes by using SimpleLegal as their system of record....

Learn how ATTIC saw an immediate reduction in spend as well as time spent reviewing invoices after implementing SimpleLegal....

Fueled by fast-paced growth and demand for greater efficiency in the legal department, there’s no doubt that legal operations is here to stay. Whether you are a legal operations professional, t...

SimpleLegal and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) partnered to host an informative webinar titled Legal Ops 101: A Framework for Modern Legal Departments. Moderated by Nathan Wenzel, CEO...

Learn how NextRoll leveraged SimpleLegal to establish a true system of record for their legal department and significantly improve visibility into legal spend....

2019 is an exciting year to be in legal operations. It may feel like we say that every year, but with the international growth of legal operations, increase in legal service providers and resou...

Watch this session, presented at CLOC 2018, to learn about the benefits of connecting your legal ops technologies and the different types of integrations....

Struggling to get internal buy in on the investment of a new legal technology? Use this template to sell the need to key stakeholders and help bring modern legal operations to your organization....

This whitepaper highlights 5 steps for in-house teams starting or evaluating a vendor management program....

In this webinar, we discuss why change management is important and what key components are necessary in a successful change management plan....

Download this whitepaper to learn how to talk to finance, attorneys, and law firms on the importance of accruals. We've even included sample meeting agendas!...

This questionnaire helps legal teams identify whether or not they are in need of a legal operations platform. Download it today and see for yourself!...

Looking to create, update, or better enforce your billing guidelines? This whitepaper outlines best practices as well as sample text to help you get the most out of yours....

Do you think about your law firms when selecting an e-Billing provider? This whitepaper highlights 8 criteria to consider to ensure adoption by your law firms as well as your legal department....

Learn how Pacific Seafood eliminated manual processes and was able to make more data-driven and informed decisions by leveraging SimpleLegal....

This white paper is packed with industry statistics and surveys responses from your peers, shares predictions for how these trends will impact the already fast-paced growth of legal operations...

Data is only as good as the insights you get out of it. Thanks to the widespread availability of software, extracting value from the massive amounts of data received by the legal department (spec...

In this webinar hosted with ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel), seasoned legal operations professionals share best practices for growing and optimizing the legal ops function....

Learn the top trends and initiatives of in-house legal teams, based on data and surveys from dozens of industry reports. ...

Circle looked to SimpleLegal for an easy-to-use, cost-efficient, and flexible solution that would grow with their department....

What a night! SimpleLegal hosted a panel discussion at our headquarters in Mountain View, CA to discuss Where Legal Technology is Headed (for better or worse). We brought in local legal operatio...

The billing process naturally introduces tension between in-house legal teams and law firms. Surprise fees that lack justification, unauthorized charges, invoices submitted weeks or months after ...

When looking at job descriptions for legal operations positions, many include at least one requirement along the lines of, “are collaborative, and enjoy working with teams such as engineering, ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future and evolution ...

Today’s post is the third installment of our working cross-functionally blog series! We’ve explored the relationship between legal operations and sales, legal operations and IT, and will be h...

We don’t need legal operations yet. We’re too small for a formal legal operations manager. We’ll wait until our department has matured before considering legal operations. We don’t have b...

Earlier this year, SimpleLegal sponsored the annual CLOC Institute in Las Vegas. The event attracted thousands of legal operations professionals who were ready to learn from industry thought lead...

Our CEO, Nathan Wenzel, joined host and founder of QuantumJurist, Inc., Ian Connett, on the Evolve Law Podcast to talk all things legal operations. In addition to sharing a little background on S...

Today, we’re sharing the second installment of our working cross-functionally blog series on how legal operations can enhance their relationships with IT. If you didn’t catch part one, which ...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Another fantastic CLOC Institute has come and gone! This year’s conference showcased the continued growth of the CLOC organization as well as the legal operations function; both of which show n...

Legal billing guidelines, also known as outside counsel billing guidelines, are a great way for legal departments to communicate their expectations of their law firms and vendors. However, withou...

The highly anticipated agenda for the 2018 CLOC Institute is almost finalized! As a Platinum Sponsor and perennial CLOC attendee, we know firsthand that there are ample ways to fill your conferen...

A couple weeks ago, we published the first post in this series which focused on the intangible benefits of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs). Today’s post will highlight the process for deter...

e-Billing is quickly becoming the technology of choice for legal departments – and for good reason. The solution acts as a system of record, enabling a legal team to efficiently manage the cont...

It’s been roughly ten years since best-selling author, Scott Turow, penned the cover story for the American Bar Association journal titled, ‘The Billable Hour Must Die.’ During this time Tu...

Only 48% of law firms respond to requests for month end accruals. We have four key ways to increase that number, giving you more control over your legal budget....

The first weeks of the new year are buzzing with resolutions, but resolutions don’t have to be limited to personal or health-related goals. We see great opportunity for the legal operations rol...

2017 was an exciting year for SimpleLegal. With all of the positive changes, it can be easy to forget about the many milestones that have gotten us to where we are today. We raised a successful f...

At SimpleLegal, we’re excited by and proud to be a part of the growing legal operations movement. To celebrate that growth, we’re sharing some of the top legal ops trends and statistics of 20...

e-Billing software has been touted as the foundational legal technology for in-house counsel. It provides a way for legal departments to understand where and how their dollars are being allocated...

We’re sitting down with legal professionals to learn more about their roles and responsibilities, uncover useful insights and best practices, and discuss their view on the future of legal and l...

Last week, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) released their First Annual State of the Industry Survey where more than one-third of CLOC member companies were polled to shed light ...

In a session discussing the hidden potential of data at last month’s ACC Annual Meeting, we learned that only 39% of legal departments say they collect and analyze data – only 6.6% of those d...

Last week, SimpleLegal sponsored the ACC Annual Meeting where thousands of in-house counsel, legal technology providers, and ACC members from around the nation gathered in Washington, DC. Among t...

Yesterday, we attended the EvolveLaw Tech Savvy In-House Counsel event with a group of legal thought leaders looking to dive deeper into how in-house counsel and legal operations are using techno...

We love data at SimpleLegal and have seen countless benefits, from cost savings to more informed decision making, for corporate legal departments and legal operations teams that have access to th...

Since the publication of the GC Open Letter, announcing a real-time exercise to test industry assumptions to better understand how to improve the legal market, there’s been a lot of chatter aro...

One of the biggest challenges that legal operations departments are still trying to figure out is Knowledge Management (KM). How do legal operations teams easily capture, find, and share everythi...

As a matter management, legal spend, and e-Billing solution designed for in-house legal teams, we work directly with a variety of different sized corporate legal departments. One role within the ...

In part I of our accruals management series, we summarized why accruals are important, and how legal operations departments tend to be more equipped to own the accruals process than finance depar...

Last month, hundreds of legal operations professionals gathered at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, taking part in the 2nd annual CLOC Institute, the largest legal operations event in history. The orga...

“Just because it’s obvious doesn’t mean it’s easy. A lot of legal operations are complex, for sure. But a lot of what we do is putting common sense into motion.” These resonant words fr...

CLOC, the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, recently released the session schedule for the upcoming CLOC Institute being held in Las Vegas. There are more than 70 informative sessions that t...

This post isn’t just for corporate legal teams, but for any organization thinking they are too small or early to adopt enterprise software. A lot of conversations in the legal space are aro...

Part of the challenge as a general counsel is getting the best work out of your outside counsel for the best value. Even with good intentions, it doesn’t always pan out this way. Your prioritie...

Corporate law departments are spending more on in-house resources than on law firms or external legal service providers, with the percentage of general counsel stating their companies need dedica...