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In-house legal departments and workload allocation

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Published on: 30 August 2019

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Table of contents

Why is organising workload and work allocation effectively important in a legal department?
What are the most important workload/work allocation metrics to track?
How can workload/work allocation metrics be used to demonstrate a legal department’s contribution to the business?
What were the key findings in the 2019 Global Legal Department Benchmarking Report around workload/workload allocation?
Does this report reveal any trends? Are the results surprising in any way?
What do you think are the key ‘workload/work allocation’ takeaways from this report?
What are your top tips to ensure optimum work allocation?

Article summary

In-house analysis: In light of Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) 2019 Global Legal Department Benchmarking Report, Elizabeth Jaworski, senior director and global head of legal operations at Astellas Pharma and co-chair of ACC legal operations, discusses how legal departments should approach workload and work allocation.

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