The Legal Operating Memoranda

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Legal Technology

A collection of 5 issues

Marketing Sparkle Is the Wrong Test for Buying Legal Technology

Marketing sparkle is the wrong test for legal technology. Before vendor scoring begins, legal teams should test whether the technology class fits their workflows, data, governance, and user behavior.

The Legal Tech Business Case Is About Fixing Operating Constraints

Legal tech wins budget when legal can prove that the current way of working already costs the business more than the investment required to fix it.

What AI Can Realistically Improve in Legal Department Workflows Right Now

AI's realistic near-term value is not autonomous legal work. It is reducing workflow drag where legal work is repeatable, reviewable, sourced, and owned.

The Vendor Is Part of the Operating Model

A legal tech vendor can meet the requirements and still be the wrong choice. For core Legal Ops platforms, buyers should evaluate the company behind the software as carefully as the product itself.

What Legal Technology Needs to Prove to the Business

Productivity pressure often gets translated too quickly into legal technology spend. But automating a bad process does not fix the process; it usually makes the bad process move faster. Before evaluating a tool, legal teams need to define the business outcome, the operating problem, and the workflow