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We've all heard the tips and read the trends about how in-house lawyers should be managing their legal work: more and more are bringing work in-house; law firms are forced to offer value or hybrid billing; legal ops professionals are critical for making in-house departments more efficient; standard processes should be systematized; routine contracts should be automated; and, so on.

So, what does that mean in real life? Nearly every chief legal officer I know is interested in finding ways to make their department more efficient, and all these wonderful ideas sound great, but how to get them implemented?

Here are some simple steps to help improve in-house legal work flow that even the busiest and most overworked corporate counsel can follow.