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Demand for legal professionals increased in 2020

According to Thomson Reuters' report on the state of corporate law departments in 2021, Last year, there was a clear increase in demand for people with knowledge of the law who can support lawyers in managing expenditure and implementing new technologies.

According to Thomson Reuters' report on the state of corporate law departments in 2021, Last year, there was a clear increase in demand for people with knowledge of the law who can support lawyers in managing expenditure and implementing new technologies.

According to Thomson Reuters' report on the state of corporate law departments in 2021, Last year, there was a clear increase in demand for people with knowledge of the law who can support lawyers in managing expenditure and implementing new technologies.

Information collected from the study 223 legal departments of June 2020 and from the data collected from the tool to track the selected parameters that were installed in 1450 UK legal departments.

Turns out 81% Legal departments stated that they hired lawyers in 2020 Compared to 57% In 2019 A leap in hiring legal operators is therefore noticeable. The report states that 2020 the burden of working in legal departments increased by 58%, and budget decreased by 29%.

Almost a third of the legal departments increased their spending on technology because lawyers went on remote work. Legal experts – who are not necessarily lawyers themselves – often oversee change management in the legal department, budgeting, efficiency efforts and technology deployment.

This role has gained popularity in recent years and legal experts and managers are increasingly sought in legal departments and law firms, and the number of alternative legal service providers supporting advertising activities is growing.

Source: today.westlaw.com

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