The Legal Front Door – comprehensively empowering your Legal Business Partnering
“Legal Intake” or “Legal Front Door” – concerns and opportunities for in-house legal teams. What are its role and benefits to in-house Legal?
Legal Design, explained
You have seen the concept “Legal Design” many times but are not quite sure what it means? This short article is here to outline what Legal Design is all about.
The art (or craft) of effective Legal Business Partnering
If one reviews corporate organigrams of medium and large companies, the label “business partner” will inevitably pop up sooner or later. Each division, department or function has an “IT Business Partner”, “HR Business Partner” and a “Finance Business Partner” … but have you ever read about a “Legal Business Partner”? Becoming a strategic business partner […]
From Processes to Workflows
Do you think of your work from a process perspective? Do you review, map, and analyse those processes in terms of improvement opportunities? This is where the concept of workflows comes into play.
Everything is a Process — Legal Work Too
Digitalisation means digitalisation of processes. Legal digitalisation initiatives are valuable means to adopt process thinking bringing more clarity in terms of your workload and daily routines.
Free Legal Workflow Canvas published
smartvokat team members publish Legal Workflow Canvas under a Common Creative license.
Contribution to new book on law firm strategies
smartvokat member Ignaz Füsgen contributed a chapter on Legal Project Management to the recently published book “Law Firm Strategies for the 21st Century” (consulting editor Christoph Vaagt).