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Using Successful Communication and Collaboration to Establish a Legal Ops Function
Learn where in-house legal teams should start when looking to create a legal operations function while contending…

The Keys to Efficient In-House Legal Department Management
Efficient legal department management requires clear objectives, open communication, and effective tools. Learn the best ways to…

How Gaining Visibility Into Legal Spend Transforms the General Counsel Role
For general counsel, legal spend is often one of the most important issues to tackle. Learn how…

Understanding Legal Operations
Learn more about the growing field of legal operations, and how legal ops professionals help in-house legal…

Shining a Light on Pay Equity: Salary Transparency in Legal Operations
Gain insights into the impact that education, gender, and location have had on legal operations salary discrepancies.

Better Together: Keys to Improving Outside Counsel Relationships
When it comes to improving outside counsel relationships, clarity is key. Here are 5 ways in-house teams…

What is Rightsourcing, and How Can You Apply Its Benefits to Your Legal Team?
Rightsourcing legal services is one of the top priorities for legal teams. Learn what rightsourcing is and…

From Analysts to Managers: Examples of Legal Operations Jobs for Your Team
Legal operations jobs can take many forms. Learn more about the tasks and responsibilities of different jobs…

From Paralegal to Legal Operations: Telltale Signs You Should Make the Career Switch
Considering making the career change from paralegal to legal operations? Here are useful skills that can make…

Understanding the Legal Operations Iron Triangle
What is the iron triangle of legal operations? Learn more about this importance concept and how it…

10 Must-Follow In-House Legal Blogs
Here are the 10 best legal blogs for leveling up your knowledge of the legal field and…

How Tech Helps Teams Persist Amid In-House Legal Budget Cuts
As in-house legal teams contend with budget cuts, the benefits of legal technology have become clearer than…

5 Ways General Counsel Can Level Up Their In-House Legal Team
People, process, or technology? Learn how to improve your legal team as a general counsel, and where…

How Legal Ops Can Build Their Brand on LinkedIn (And Why You Should)
Get tips on how to build a professional brand on LinkedIn from Sarah Ouis, Founder of Law…

3 Ways In-House Counsel Can Thrive Post-Layoff
Many legal professionals have been impacted by organizational cutbacks and layoffs. Here are some layoff tips for…

Why UTBMS and LEDES Don’t Work As Well As They Should, And How AI Can Help
Learn how Brightflag's A.I. is helping legal teams with UTMBS and LEDES codes to better understand costs…

More Than Just a Cost Center: It’s Time for Legal Leadership to Change The Perception of In-House Legal
Learn how legal leadership can shift their organization’s perception of in-house legal from cost center to strategic…

Here Are the Reports Your CFO Wants to See From The Legal Department
A chief financial officer (CFO) plays both scorekeeper and strategist for the business. They work with each…

New Brightflag Feature: Reduce Manual Work With Automated Tax Compliance
Automated invoice review has been an essential step in our customers’ legal e-billing processes (along with the…

How to (Responsibly) Replace Broken Legal Billing Software
Diagnosing broken legal billing software is easy. You can hear it in the complaints from your law…