This Issue:
May/June 2026
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Unlocking Impact: How GCs Can Turn Legal Operations into a Strategic Business Asset Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Brightflag’s Anna Richards explores how GCs should treat the legal department like the business function it really is. 
Is the Legal Department the Real Reason Employees Ignore Document Deletion Rules? Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Contoural’s Mark Diamond dives into the world of document deletion rules and offers some tough love for legal departments. 
How Legal AI Adoption Shifts the Operating Model Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Mitratech’s Liz Lugones discusses best practices on AI adoption and how to operationalize technology. 
Strengthening Corporate Governance as General Counsel Put AI to Work Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Diligent’s Emily Williams explores how legal leaders are using AI in corporate governance to automate recurring administrative friction, allowing them to deliver faster, more accurate insights across board preparation and… 
How to Upskill Legal Teams and Modernize Legal Operations Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Robert Half’s Jamy J. Sullivan writes about the need to upskill legal teams and bridge the divide between current capabilities and future needs. 
How AI Will Make Legal Operations the New Control Tower and Define Hiring Trends Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Jared Coseglia of TruLegal looks at how AI’s transformative effect on legal operations is reshaping the employment landscape for both job seekers and hiring managers. 
The New Superpower: Driving C-Suite Strategy with Legal Operations Commercial Intelligence Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Malbek’s Colin Levy examines the power of legal operations commercial intelligence and how to shape corporate strategy. 
CLOC’s Oyango Snell Talks Legal Ops Evolution, AI Governance Ahead of CGI Chicago Interviews, Legal Operations Read our exclusive interview with CLOC’s Oyango Snell about the legal ops evolution and leadership and governance developments at the organization ahead of the CLOC Global Institute running May 11-14. 
Tasks to Teammates: How to Delegate Legal Work to AI Agents Legal Operations, Thought Leadership LegalOn’s Bärí A. Williams explores best practices on how to delegate legal work to AI agents and boost efficiency. 
When Tech Leads and Legal Follows: How to Close the AI Governance Gap Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Sasha A. Carbone of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) writes about the AI governance gap and how legal teams need to be more involved in decision-making. 
Why You Should Pay Attention to Unified Clause Control and AI Redlining in Contracts Legal Operations, Thought Leadership CobbleStone Software’s Sean Heck explains the importance of a centralized intelligence layer through unified clause control. 
How Can Legal Build Data Fluency Without Hiring Analysts? Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Checkbox’s Evan Wong breaks down the critical process of building data fluency for legal teams. 
Five Questions Every GC Should Ask Before Deploying AI in the Legal Department Legal Operations, Thought Leadership Hunter McMahon of iDS and Colin S. McCarthy of CMC Legal Strategies reveal what information GCs need to track down before deploying AI in the legal department. 
