Legal operations can be daunting for small and medium law departments. Understandably so. What if you don’t have enormous resources? Legal operations may be even more important in a smaller department – and there are many solutions that can be scaled to work with your budget and body count.
The complete guide to legal intake, ticketing & triage! The Xakia team has created a field guide to make legal intake accessible for Legal Departments of all sizes and lawyers of all backgrounds.
Regular, reliable and clear communication with your internal clients and stakeholders is essential. We recognize that creating different reporting formats can sound formidable. We’re here to help: our guide white paper and see clear instructions for content, cadence and delivery – and handy examples.
This white paper covers key questions about why you should have a technology roadmap and how to define the composition of your roadmap and build in line with goals and priorities. Most importantly, it includes an in-house legal technology roadmap template.
From April 2018 to July 2020, the Health Check was used by 349 Legal Departments in 37 countries - the result, a significant volume of aggregated data about the state of legal operations. These 80+ pages contain the complete findings in the form of data, charts, and insights, along with practical advice for legal departments to improve their efficiency and operations.
This white paper includes 10 steps to ensure your budget will help you shape the department that is right for building your team. Most importantly, our Legal Budget White Paper includes a Legal Budget template so that you don't need to start with a blank spreadsheet.
Data and metrics can be extraordinarily powerful in shaping an in-house legal team. But it can be overwhelming. Every Legal Department can take very simple steps to collect, collate and leverage data to inform decision making about resourcing and prioritization of work. Harness this power today. This field guide makes legal data analytics accessible for ALL Legal Departments.
How does your Legal Department compare to other teams in your industry? Teams of similar size? Teams across Europe, the Middle East and Africa? Explore the findings from the Legal Operations Health Check in this in-depth webinar featuring insights from Norton Rose Fulbright, Ascertus Limited, and InvestCEE LegalTech Consultancy.
It’s critical to know the return on investment of your legal technology projects – and we’ve made it easy to calculate. Enter information about your department, costs and projected savings, and Xakia will prepare estimated ROI and payback and send it to you in a format you can use for your business case.
Legal Departments are so often buried in work that it’s hard, if not impossible, to pause and contemplate strategic projects. However, without a strategic plan, your Legal Department will be trapped under 'busywork' and unable to accomplish meaningful improvements or demonstrate value. Build your Legal Department strategic plan to immediately enhance your service delivery.
In the face of a pandemic or any other 'disaster', closing an office is a safe, responsible tactic to thwart contagion. But what do you do when the work doesn’t stop? How do you continue functional legal operations management when no one can report to the office? Here’s what to do now to prepare for a quick transition to a virtual Legal Department.
You don’t need a week-long retreat or a three-inch binder to create a Legal Department strategic plan. Here are nine steps to create a straightforward but purposeful plan that will fit on one page, so that in the year ahead, you can easily reference and execute it – then measure and report on your success.
The Xakia team has created a field guide for the application of Agile to in-house legal departments, a style of working that has now been adopted from organizations in nearly every industry, from manufacturing to the military.
Client satisfaction ≠ client delight. But why does client delight matter to in-house legal teams? What are the fundamentals of ‘client delight’ and what are 3 quick wins to improve the client experience for internal clients? Tune in to a discussion about the important role of client delight for in-house legal teams.
We finally made it to 2021 and if you haven't already, it's time to focus on getting your legal operations into shape.
Watch Xakia's Anne Post in a practical and thought-provoking conversation webinar with Stacie Neeter and Ellen Kuplic from Stout on the topic of Data Analytics and Spend Management. During this 60 minute session, we explored how to capture, collate and maximize your legal spend data.
You don’t need a week-long retreat or a three-inch binder to create a Legal Department strategic plan. Here are eight steps to create a straightforward but purposeful plan that will fit on one page, so that in the year ahead, you can easily reference and execute it – then measure and report on your success.
If you're struggling with spreadsheets - a better way awaits. Our Modern Matter Management field guide contains a list of signs you’re Legal Department is ready for modern matter management and will help you to assess your needs, evaluate software options, and craft successful implementation plans.
