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On-Demand Webinar | Accruals & Financial Close

Automating Accruals with Brightflag
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

How e-Billing Helps Legal Departments Stress Less During Budget Season
Video | Vendor Billing

Brightflag 5-Minute Overview
Download | Vendor Billing

Sample Outside Counsel Guidelines
Download | Cost Control

Legal Cost Control Checklist
Download | Vendor Billing

Sample Legal E-Billing RFP
Download | Legal Ops & Career Development

Legal Operations Compensation Survey
Blog | Vendor Billing

Legal E-Billing RFP Guide: 10 Tips for Writing One That Works
Blog | Cost Control

7 Reasons to Make Legal Spend Management Your Top Priority
Download | Cost Control

Legal Spend Management Health Check
Blog | Cost Control

The Benefits of Legal Spend Management Software
Download | Vendor Billing

Brightflag Finance Integrations Guide
Download | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Brightflag Implementation Guide
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Predicting Legal Spend: Taking Away the Fear
Blog | Vendor Billing

Does Your Accounts Payable System Serve Your Legal Spend Management Goals?
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Data Analytics for In-House Legal Teams
Video | Vendor Billing

Invoicing with Brightflag
Blog | Vendor Billing

Legal Ops Red Flags: 6 Signs Your Spend Management System Needs an Upgrade
Video | Accruals & Financial Close

Accruals Management with Brightflag
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Crushing Conflict: A Legal Ops Guide to Managing Combative Conversations
On-Demand Webinar | Budgeting & Planning

Navigating Annual Financial Planning with Avery Dennison's Director of Legal Operations
Video | Accruals & Financial Close

Legal Ops 101: Accrual Accounting
Blog | Cost Control

3 Companies That Transformed Their Legal Spend with Brightflag’s E-Billing Platform
Video | Legal Ops & Career Development

Legal Ops 101: Change Management
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Maximizing Your Budget: Tips for Avoiding Overpaying on Law Firm Billing Rates
Video | Vendor Benchmarking

Legal Ops 101: Data & Analytics
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

6 Questions for Brightflag’s First GC, Laura Gleeson
Video | Budgeting & Planning

Legal Ops 101: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

A Dictionary of Legal Operations Terms
Video | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Legal Ops 101: Integrations and APIs
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Beyond Traditional Law Firms: An Introduction to Alternative Legal Service Providers
Video | Budgeting & Planning

Budgeting with Brightflag
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Building an In-House Legal Function From Scratch: Innovative Approaches to Ensuring Cost Control and Efficiency
Video | Vendor Billing

Legal Ops 101: LEDES and UTBMS
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

CLOC Global Institute 2023 Roundup: Attendee Perspectives
Video | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Legal Ops 101: Legal Tech & Terminology
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How Legal Operations Professionals Can Address the Gender Pay Gap During Salary Negotiations
Video | Vendor Billing

Legal Ops 101: Matter Management
Blog | Vendor Billing

The Double Billing Dilemma: Legal Ops Strategies for Detection and Prevention
Video | Legal Ops & Career Development

Legal Ops 101: Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

In-House vs. Outside Counsel: A Guide to Choosing the Right Option
Video | Vendor Billing

Legal Ops 101: Outside Counsel Guidelines
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Law Library Essentials: The Best Books for Legal Professionals
On-Demand Webinar | Vendor Billing

How to Build Your Automated Invoice Review Process
Video | Accruals & Financial Close

Legal Ops 101: Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance
Blog | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Intersection of Neurodiversity and Legal Operations: Opportunities and Obstacles
On-Demand Webinar | Cost Control

Law & Software E1: Introducing Legal Spend Management
Video | Vendor Benchmarking

Legal Ops 101: Vendor Assessment
Blog | Cost Control

The ROI of Legal Spend: Calculating Cost and Time Savings
On-Demand Webinar | Vendor Benchmarking

Your Practical Law Firm Benchmarking Playbook
Video | Legal Ops & Career Development

Legal Ops 101: Your First 100 Days
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Using Successful Communication and Collaboration to Establish a Legal Ops Function
Video | General

Legal Service Requests with Brightflag
Blog | Vendor Billing

What Are LEDES Files? An Introduction
Video | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Calendaring with Brightflag
Blog | Cost Control

What Exactly Is A Trusted Guide? How Brightflag Supports Its Customers
Video | Vendor Billing

Matter Management with Brightflag
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Why In-House Legal Needs to Embrace A.I.
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

2023 Legal Operations Compensation Survey
Video | Vendor Billing

Reporting with Brightflag
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Outside Counsel Services: Prestigious or Problematic?
On-Demand Webinar | Cost Control

5 Essential Strategies for Legal Cost Control
Video | Vendor Billing

Vendor Management with Brightflag
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How Gaining Visibility Into Legal Spend Transforms the General Counsel Role
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

5 Lessons Establishing Legal Ops Processes with Ashley Adams
Video | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Document Management with Brightflag
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

What Is Legal Operations?
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

5 Lessons From My First Year as General Counsel with AccuWeather's Jennifer Chung
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

It’s OK to Play Favourites: Identifying Your Core Outside Counsel Team
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

5 Lessons From My First Year in Legal Ops with Ferring Pharmaceuticals' Sheila Dusseau
Blog | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Shining a Light on Pay Equity: Salary Transparency in Legal Operations
On-Demand Webinar | Budgeting & Planning

AI & the Promise of Predictable Legal Spend
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Better Together: Keys to Improving Outside Counsel Relationships
On-Demand Webinar | Accruals & Financial Close

Becoming an Accruals Pro with Coursera's Director of Legal Operations
Blog | Cost Control

The Power Duo: General Counsel and COOs Working Together for Better Spend Management
On-Demand Webinar | Budgeting & Planning

Best Practices for Legal Budgeting
Blog | Vendor Billing

Understanding UTBMS Codes
On-Demand Webinar | Cost Control

Building Best Practice Legal Spend Reporting
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

From Paralegal to Legal Operations: Telltale Signs You Should Make the Career Switch
On-Demand Webinar | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Building Diverse & Inclusive Legal Departments
Blog | Vendor Billing

What Comes First? How to Choose Your First Legal Tech Purchase
On-Demand Webinar | Vendor Billing

Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Billing Guidelines
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Top 15 Best Legal Podcasts for In-House Professionals
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

Exploring the Emerging Legal Department
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

5 Ways General Counsel Can Level Up Their In-House Legal Team
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

From Paralegal to Legal Ops: Learnings from Those Who've Made the Jump
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Outside Counsel Guidelines: Best Practices
On-Demand Webinar | Budgeting & Planning

The Blueprint for Better Legal Budgeting
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

The Keys to Efficient In-House Legal Department Management
On-Demand Webinar | Vendor Benchmarking

Getting Serious About Value-Based Legal Sourcing
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

What is Rightsourcing, and How Can You Apply Its Benefits to Your Legal Team?
On-Demand Webinar | Cost Control

Your Litigation Spend Management Playbook
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Legal Operations Jobs for Your Team
On-Demand Webinar | Legal Ops & Career Development

Hiring and Being Hired in Legal Ops
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Understanding the Legal Operations Iron Triangle
On-Demand Webinar | Cost Control

Your M&A Spend Management Playbook
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

10 Must-Follow In-House Legal Blogs
On-Demand Webinar | Cost Control

How AI Enables More Efficient Legal Spend Management
Blog | Cost Control

How Tech Helps Teams Persist Amid In-House Legal Budget Cuts
Blog | Cost Control

Fixing the Pain of PDF Invoices for Legal Teams
Blog | Vendor Billing

Reading Between The Lines: How to Qualify Legal Tech Reviews
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How Legal Ops Can Build Their Brand on LinkedIn (And Why You Should)
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Making Your Move: From Legal to Legal Ops
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

ChatGPT Offers Reminder of AI’s Rightful In-House Legal Role
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Overcoming Burnout: How to Bounce Back After a Tough Year in Legal Ops
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

3 Ways In-House Counsel Can Thrive Post-Layoff
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

From Roadblock to Road Builder: 3 Ways to Change C-Suite Perceptions of In-House Legal
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How to Find Your People: Finding Your Online, Legal Ops Community
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Artificial Hype: Practical Applications of A.I. Within the Legal Department
Blog | Cost Control

3 Objections Legal Ops Must Address When Making the Case for Spend Management Software
Blog | Vendor Billing

Why UTBMS and LEDES Don’t Work As Well As They Should, And How AI Can Help
Blog | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

In-House Counsel Can Lead the Way to a More Diverse Legal Profession
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

More Than Just a Cost Center: It’s Time for Legal Leadership to Change The Perception of In-House Legal
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Sonnedix & Brightflag Win Pricing Category at Legal Procurement Awards
Blog | Vendor Billing

Why Cresco Labs Prioritized E-Billing
Blog | Cost Control

ROI of Legal Spend Management: 25+ Ways It Pays to Invest
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

The Way to More Productive, Predictable Legal Budgeting
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Brightflag Product Update: Vendor Performance Reporting
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Law Firms Don’t Have to Hate Your E-Billing Software
Blog | Cost Control

3 Big Legal Spend Debates You Could Be Settling With Data
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Brightflag Announces $28M Funding Round
Blog | Cost Control

Are You Managing Legal Spend or Merely Paying Bills?
Blog | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Brightflag Product Update: Diversity & Inclusion Module
Blog | Vendor Billing

Four Buckets: A Smart & Simple Legal Invoice Review Strategy
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Here Are the Reports Your CFO Wants to See From The Legal Department
Blog | Cost Control

Legal Spend Reporting: The Practical Guide
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Tighten Legal Cost Control With Brightflag’s New Budgeting & Forecasting Features
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How In-House Legal Teams Can Better Relate To The Business
Blog | Cost Control

3 Metrics That Reliably Predict Legal Spend Management Success
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

On Patience & Partnership in Legal Operations: An Interview with Sheila Dusseau
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

The Surprising Realities of Reaching the General Counsel Role: An Interview with AccuWeather’s Jennifer Chung
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

On Models & Designs for the Modern Legal Department: An Interview with The Crown Estate’s Rob Booth
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How to Recruit, Run, & Grow a Diverse Global Legal Team
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

How to Make Lasting Changes in Legal Operations: An Interview with UpLevel Ops’ Brenda Hansen
Blog | Vendor Billing

Brightflag’s Auto-Invoice Processing Functionality Eliminates Manual Invoice Review
Blog | Vendor Billing

How Much Automation Is Right For Your Legal Invoice Review Process?
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

5 Ways to Put More Predictability Into Your Legal Budget
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

What Makes Legal Spend Tougher to Manage Than Traditional Expenses?
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

New Brightflag Feature: Reduce Manual Work With Automated Tax Compliance
Blog | Cost Control

Alternative Fee Arrangements Explained (Examples & Suggestions)
Blog | Vendor Billing

3 Soft Skills You’ll Need With New E-Billing Software
Blog | Vendor Billing

How to Automate & Accelerate Your Legal Invoice Approval Workflow
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

How AI Invoice Review Actually Works
Blog | Vendor Billing

How to (Responsibly) Replace Broken Legal Billing Software
Blog | Cost Control

Realistic Ways to Reduce Outside Counsel Spend
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Rules to Remember When Enforcing Legal Billing Guidelines
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Legal Spend Analytics: 3 Simple Reports With Serious Impact
Blog | Vendor Billing

Checklist: The Anatomy of an Effective Legal Billing Process
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

Tracking Legal Spend: The Questions All Good Budget Reports Answer
Blog | Cost Control

5 Legal Operations Frustrations Solved by Better Billing Guidelines
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

5 Legal Tech Truths Companies Can Trust For The Next 5 Years
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

The Next Frontier: A.I. and the Efficiently Resourced Legal Department
Blog | Vendor Billing

3 Key Innovations in Invoice Review, Matter Management, and Analytics
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Improving Matter Management with Data
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

CLOC 2019 Key Themes: The Maturation and Evolution of Legal Operations
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Optimizing Your Legal Invoice Review Process with A.I.
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Welcoming Our New Chief Customer Officer Kevin Cohn
Blog | Cost Control

Automate, Outsource, or Own?
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Legal Operations Improving Relationships Between Law Firms and Corporate Legal Teams
Blog | Budgeting & Planning

How to Get Budget for a Dedicated Legal Operations System
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

CLOC 2018 – Dispatches from the Greatest Minds in Legal Operations – Part 3
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

CLOC 2018 – Dispatches from the Greatest Minds in Legal Operations – Part 2
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

CLOC 2018 – Dispatches from the Greatest Minds in Legal Operations – Part 1
Blog | Vendor Billing

The Human Side of E-Billing
Blog | Cost Control

The Latest (and Greatest) Litigation Cost-Control Strategy
Blog | Vendor Billing

Vendor Security: Why Legal Ops Should Require ISO Accreditation
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

The Startup Advantage in Legal Technology
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

How Text Analysis is Changing the Legal Industry
Blog | Vendor Billing

Legal Invoice Review: How To Do It Effectively
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

Creating Effective Billing Guidelines
Blog | Legal Ops & Career Development

Implementing Legal Operations
Blog | AI & the Future of Legal Tech

Robot Lawyers? The Future of A.I. and Automation in Law
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

How Legal Services Are Becoming More Affordable
Blog | Vendor Benchmarking

How Data Can Drive Law Firm Panel Management & Review
Blog | Cost Control

How Legal Teams Increase ROI from Outside Counsel Spend