Insight from the field: Key legal industry initiatives for 2021

While 2020 showed that the best-laid plans can be quickly thrown for a loop, it also proved that there is an adaptability in the legal industry that few believed really existed. We don't want to jinx 2021, but we're starting to feel like it's "safe" to start making plans again, taking the lessons learned and changes made in 2020 and applying them to strategic efforts. To get a sense of where the legal industry is focused for 2021, we took some time to talk to professionals in various roles to hear what their strategic plans include for this year. We learned of three major initiatives that organizations across the legal industry will focus on. Long known as the department of "no's" focused on mitigating risks, legal teams will have the chance to re-position themselves as facilitators of commerce.