18 Mar, 2026 |
Legal leaders are often playing catch-up, constrained by legacy tools, sunk costs, and day-to-day demands of overloaded legal teams. Despite bigger budgets, larger tech stacks, and more tools than ever, in-house legal teams still face the same fundamental question: how do we get more work done without increasing cost or complexity?
What tools do we have at our disposal? How much technology do we really need? When does building in-house create flexibility? Can we start small with what we already have? If we go with a vendor, how do we avoid buying a platform that gathers dust in six months? How much will it cost? And underneath all of it, where do we even start?
Part 1 of this free continuing legal education (CLE) course brings structure to these questions. We'll walk you through today's most prominent legal tech tools, share how to figure out what fits your team (not someone else's), and explore the tradeoffs between building custom solutions or going third-party. You'll leave with a clearer framework for prioritizing legal operations initiatives, selecting the right tools for your team, and investing time and resources where they’ll have the greatest impact.
