There was a time before the Big Four in law and a time after—and unfortunately for law firms and many alternative legal service providers, they are stuck with the latter. Accounting firms like EY and Deloitte have entered the legal ecosystem with a bang, investing significant resources into technology and talent that might still be out of reach for many of the industry's long term incumbents. "We have technology we can offer. We have legal managed services and outsourced services we can offer onshore and offshore, and we have a global network for domain knowledge in 84 countries we can offer. And so, yes, we definitely think we are in a very good position," said Cornelius Grossmann, the global law leader at EY. So what are those without a Big Four-sized footprint to do? Why, adapt of course. Here's a look at some of the ways that law firms and legal service providers have adjusted their outlooks, game plans and business practices to accommodate for the Big 4.