According to The Legisway Benchmark for Legal Departments 2024, workload is the top challenge for legal departments across Europe. They are drowning in work without having an overview of who’s doing what, and when.
Centralize and structure the company’s information
When information is stored in multiple places, like spreadsheets, email inboxes, and in your colleagues’ memory, it’s impossible to have visibility into where your data is and who’s responsible for it. One way to centralize information is by using technology, like Legisway, which allows you not only to store information, but also share and report on it. The advantage of using technology is that it lets you spot trends in data, and identify gaps proactively, so you can spend valuable time where it matters most.
Assign and prioritize tasks, automate workflows, and set deadlines
In-house legal professionals spend a lot of their time searching for information. According to The Legisway Benchmark for Legal Departments 2024, just 19% of in-house legal professionals say their department has improved managing its workload and a high volume of requests, indicating room for improvement. Technology enables legal departments to reduce the time spent on managing information. In addition, it helps standardize routine processes such as contract review or handing requests. You can assign and prioritie tasks, automate workflows, and set deadlines.
Get the business to do the work themselves
This might sound like you have to give up control, but it actually allows you to stay in control without being involved in every task that lands on your desk. When it comes to NDAs, for example, workflow automation allows legal departments to configure the process of NDA creation, so colleagues in other departments are able to create the NDA themselves. In the case of deviations, it may be sent to the legal department to review if necessary.
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