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Legal Ops Tools: The Contract Playbook

A “contract Playbook” is a legal function tool that helps a company (well its commercial,…

4 min • 11 Mar 23

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GLS Legal Ops: 25 Signs Your Legal Team Needs to Transform

Legal Ops Essentials: 25 Signs Transformation Is Required Identifying legal team inefficienciesIn…

3 mins • 16 Feb 23

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GLS Legal Ops Opinion: In-house legal teams must transform

GLS Legal Ops Opinion: In-house legal teams must transformWhy in-house legal teams must…

4 mins • 08 Feb 23

4 steps

GLS Legal Operations: The 4 Stages of Legal Dept. Transformation

Stage 1: Assessing the Current State of your in-house legal team: Legal department leaders must…

5 mins • 17 Nov 22

Blueprint 2

GLS Legal Ops: 20 Tips for Blueprinting your Legal Team’s Transformation

Legal Operations Essentials: The Legal Team Transformation Blueprint Successful transformation…

5 mins • 17 Nov 22

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Legal Team Efficiency: a Legal Operations Model that Works

Legal Team Efficiency: a Legal Operations Model that WorksA legal operations capability is a key…

12 mins • 18 Jul 22

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What are Legal Operations?

What Are Legal Operations?They support the business’s legal function, taking a…

4 mins • 12 Jul 22

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Legal Ops: A Simple Decision-Making Framework to Drive Legal Team Transformation

Legal Ops: Decision-making that drives legal efficiencyIn our recent Blog "What is legal…

9 mins • 23 Jun 22

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Can legal operations benefit all legal teams?

Can legal operations benefit all legal teams?Legal ops is for all legal teamsLegal operations…

4 mins • 22 Jun 22

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News / Press Releases

Top 10 In-House Legal Team Resolutions for a New Year

If you haven't set the goals for your legal team just yet, below are the Top 10 “New…

6 mins • 08 Apr 22

hints & tips

Legal Ops Essentials: 20 Tips to help you successfully implement your legal team transformation plan

20 Tips for the Successful Implementations of Legal Dept. Transformation PlansIn this Blog, we…

5 mins • 03 Apr 22

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Legal Operations Essentials: The Legal Services Request Form

Legal Operations Essentials: The Legal Services Request FormThe gatekeeper to an effectively run…

15 mins • 04 Feb 22

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How to avoid legal transformation project failure (Part K - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

Protect your legal team transformation project from failureIn this Blog, we share some of the…

5 mins • 03 Feb 22

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Legal Ops: Deploying an agile resourcing strategy for legal professionals

The resourcing of legal departments traditionally centered around full-time staff and more…

15 mins • 05 Dec 21

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Legal Ops Essentials: Building Your Case For Legal Team Transformation

Building Your Case For Legal Team TransformationToo much work and not enough resourcesEvery GC we…

2 mins • 01 Dec 21

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Visualizing an Optimal In-House Legal Function (Part F - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

Legal Ops Essentials: Navigating an optimally performing legal teamAccess a vision of what you…

5 mins • 23 Nov 21

Dilemma

The In-House Leader’s Leadership Dilemma (Part E - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

Legal Ops Lesson: Managing Legal Team Transformation RiskThe In-House Leader's Dilemma -…

5 mins • 22 Nov 21

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The Benefits of Effective Legal Operations (Part D- GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

The Benefits of Effective Legal OperationsIf you have had prior dealings with GLS, you will have…

12 mins • 22 Nov 21

UGLO PART B

What is meant by Legal Operations (Part B - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

This is a sample chapter from the recently published ‘GLS Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations’…

15 mins • 21 Nov 21

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Legal Team Skills: Rid Your Documents Of Typos

Rid Your Documents Of Typos With GLS Proofreading Tips9 mins • 27 Dec 22 Typos cause…

5 mins • 06 Dec 20

Legal tech

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 6 - Legal Tech: Embracing it Safely

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 6 - Legal Tech: Embracing it SafelySpeakers This seminar will draw upon…

45 mins • 30 Jul 20

Future ready

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 5: The Future Ready Lawyer

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 5: The Future Ready LawyerSpeakers This seminar will draw upon the…

1 hr • 25 Jun 20

legal analysis

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 4: Legal Team Performance -  Data Analytics & Tracking Tangible Outcomes

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 4: Legal Team Performance - Data Analytics & Tracking Tangible…

75 mins • 28 May 20

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GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 3 - Leveraging Legal Department Resources (A Case Study)

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 3 - Leveraging Legal Department Resources (A Case Study)Speakers This…

80 mins • 23 Apr 20

The Checklist

Legal Ops Tools: The Simple Checklist

A checklist is a potent knowledge technology that is drastically under-utilized by the legal…

5 mins • 02 Apr 20

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GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 2:  Foundational Legal Department Policies & Prioritization Theory

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 2: Foundational Policy Legal Department Policies & Prioritization…

80 mins • 30 Mar 20

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News / Press Releases

GLS & The Middle East Legal Awards 2020

GLS was successful in being recognized by its legal industry peers in winning the Middle East…

2 mins • 24 Mar 20

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Legal Ops Tools: The Legal Department Service Charter

Legal Ops Essentials: The Legal Department SLAAre you happy with how the performance of your…

10 mins • 11 Feb 20

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Contracting Policies: Eliminate weakness in your contracting function

GENTLE INTRODUCTIONThe Contracting Policy ("CP") is perhaps the simplest and most…

15 minutes • 20 Jan 20

Performance management

Performance Managing Your External Legal Counsel

In-house legal teams (IHL) have for years universally agreed that law firms must drastically…

15 minutes • 15 Jan 20

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GLS Legal Docs

Think about the quality of cars, air travel, TVs, mobile phones, clothing, medicine - they’ve…

1 min • 12 Sep 19

Artificial intelligence in law

What A.I. means for the Legal Industry

Well, it is at least true to say that “Legal Tech” is a theme that has been dominating the…

15 mins • 01 Aug 19

Decision making 2

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 1: In-House Legal Team Challenges and a Framework for Legal Ops decision making

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 1: In-House Legal Team Challenges and a Framework for Legal Ops…

1 hr • 17 Jul 19

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Top 10 Rules For Developing A World Class Legal Template Library

One of the greatest sources of inefficiencies (and frustration) inside an In House Legal…

10 mins • 09 Jul 19

In-House legal documents and online legal precedents

So you think in-house lawyers are not important?

In-house lawyers (“IHLs”) must verifiably deliver far more with far less, and in an overall…

8 minutes • 13 Jun 19

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Top 10 Legal Docs - The Work Horses

Ten foundational legal documents underpin the majority of the vital processes present in most…

15 minutes • 13 Jun 19

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News / Press Releases

Recognising Innovation

Journalist Cat Rutter Pooley of the Financial Times wrote some incredibly kind words about GLS…

5 minutes • 22 May 19

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Why do I need a Services Agreement?

What is a Services Agreement?The Services Agreement is the “work horse” legal agreement of…

7 minutes • 17 May 19

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GLS Quick Quotes

Few would argue that costs are a huge barrier to accessing external legal support. However, those…

7 minutes • 16 May 19

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RPLV: Transformative Decision Making

The vocational journey of the in-house lawyer has long since ceased to be an attractive safe…

15 mins • 13 May 19

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How to Avoid a High-Tech Train-Wreck

The recent proliferation of legal technology ("Legal Tech") related headlines suggests…

14 mins • 29 Jan 19

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GLS Launches GLS Legal Templates

Contracts are the essential record of what parties agree and yet most end up signed, filed and…

12 minutes • 04 Jan 19

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News / Press Releases

GLS Invests in Automio

GLS Group, the world’s leading legal industry disruptor, focuses on disrupting the traditional…

5 minutes • 29 Dec 18

Insead Article

GLS Goes Back to School

GLS’s mission, since its inception, has been to disrupt the second half of that statement and…

4 minutes • 13 Dec 18

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Traditional Law is Broken (Part 2)

The true cost of the hourly rateGLS believes that more than 95% of businesses globally are unable…

12 minutes • 20 Jul 17

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Un-breaking the law

The hourly rate is no longer an effective meeting point for those that need legal support and…

2 minutes • 06 Apr 17

Broken

Traditional Law is Broken (Part 1)

The traditional law firm model (“TradLaw”) as we know it is broken; but fortunately, a new…

5 minutes • 14 Jul 16

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Focus on kids

Without strong, healthy and educated children our sustained future is questionable. Yes there are…

3 minutes • 13 May 15

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What makes GLS Law so accessible

GLS Law will only offer support where we know that we can do so in a way that represents a…

4 minutes • 29 Apr 15

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Traditional Law: Why has law run off the track?

For those who are wondering what has happened to the traditional legal industry, please take a…

1 minute • 31 Dec 14

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Today was without doubt one of best days of my professional life for it was surely work in the…

4 minutes • 26 Nov 14

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Legal Ops Tools: The Contract Playbook

A “contract Playbook” is a legal function tool that helps a company (well its commercial,…

4 min • 11 Mar 23

254.jpg

GLS Legal Ops: 25 Signs Your Legal Team Needs to Transform

Legal Ops Essentials: 25 Signs Transformation Is Required Identifying legal team inefficienciesIn…

3 mins • 16 Feb 23

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GLS Legal Ops Opinion: In-house legal teams must transform

GLS Legal Ops Opinion: In-house legal teams must transformWhy in-house legal teams must…

4 mins • 08 Feb 23

4 steps

GLS Legal Operations: The 4 Stages of Legal Dept. Transformation

Stage 1: Assessing the Current State of your in-house legal team: Legal department leaders must…

5 mins • 17 Nov 22

Blueprint 2

GLS Legal Ops: 20 Tips for Blueprinting your Legal Team’s Transformation

Legal Operations Essentials: The Legal Team Transformation Blueprint Successful transformation…

5 mins • 17 Nov 22

LO_Model_2_1.jpg

Legal Team Efficiency: a Legal Operations Model that Works

Legal Team Efficiency: a Legal Operations Model that WorksA legal operations capability is a key…

12 mins • 18 Jul 22

Lawyer_at_table.jpg

What are Legal Operations?

What Are Legal Operations?They support the business’s legal function, taking a…

4 mins • 12 Jul 22

GLS Legal Ops Original Image

Legal Ops: A Simple Decision-Making Framework to Drive Legal Team Transformation

Legal Ops: Decision-making that drives legal efficiencyIn our recent Blog "What is legal…

9 mins • 23 Jun 22

GLS_IMAGES13.jpg

Can legal operations benefit all legal teams?

Can legal operations benefit all legal teams?Legal ops is for all legal teamsLegal operations…

4 mins • 22 Jun 22

hints & tips

Legal Ops Essentials: 20 Tips to help you successfully implement your legal team transformation plan

20 Tips for the Successful Implementations of Legal Dept. Transformation PlansIn this Blog, we…

5 mins • 03 Apr 22

Panic button on wall plate with speaker and two status indicators, isolated on white

Legal Operations Essentials: The Legal Services Request Form

Legal Operations Essentials: The Legal Services Request FormThe gatekeeper to an effectively run…

15 mins • 04 Feb 22

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How to avoid legal transformation project failure (Part K - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

Protect your legal team transformation project from failureIn this Blog, we share some of the…

5 mins • 03 Feb 22

legal document template library Singapore

Legal Ops: Deploying an agile resourcing strategy for legal professionals

The resourcing of legal departments traditionally centered around full-time staff and more…

15 mins • 05 Dec 21

digital_transformation.jpg

Legal Ops Essentials: Building Your Case For Legal Team Transformation

Building Your Case For Legal Team TransformationToo much work and not enough resourcesEvery GC we…

2 mins • 01 Dec 21

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Visualizing an Optimal In-House Legal Function (Part F - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

Legal Ops Essentials: Navigating an optimally performing legal teamAccess a vision of what you…

5 mins • 23 Nov 21

Dilemma

The In-House Leader’s Leadership Dilemma (Part E - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

Legal Ops Lesson: Managing Legal Team Transformation RiskThe In-House Leader's Dilemma -…

5 mins • 22 Nov 21

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The Benefits of Effective Legal Operations (Part D- GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

The Benefits of Effective Legal OperationsIf you have had prior dealings with GLS, you will have…

12 mins • 22 Nov 21

UGLO PART B

What is meant by Legal Operations (Part B - GLS’s Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations)

This is a sample chapter from the recently published ‘GLS Ultimate Guide to Legal Operations’…

15 mins • 21 Nov 21

Tiny_woman_showing_grammar_and_punctuation_errors.jpg

Legal Team Skills: Rid Your Documents Of Typos

Rid Your Documents Of Typos With GLS Proofreading Tips9 mins • 27 Dec 22 Typos cause…

5 mins • 06 Dec 20

Legal tech

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 6 - Legal Tech: Embracing it Safely

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 6 - Legal Tech: Embracing it SafelySpeakers This seminar will draw upon…

45 mins • 30 Jul 20

Future ready

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 5: The Future Ready Lawyer

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 5: The Future Ready LawyerSpeakers This seminar will draw upon the…

1 hr • 25 Jun 20

legal analysis

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 4: Legal Team Performance -  Data Analytics & Tracking Tangible Outcomes

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 4: Legal Team Performance - Data Analytics & Tracking Tangible…

75 mins • 28 May 20

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GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 3 - Leveraging Legal Department Resources (A Case Study)

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 3 - Leveraging Legal Department Resources (A Case Study)Speakers This…

80 mins • 23 Apr 20

The Checklist

Legal Ops Tools: The Simple Checklist

A checklist is a potent knowledge technology that is drastically under-utilized by the legal…

5 mins • 02 Apr 20

asset-management-concept-2021-09-01-22-38-13-utc.jpg

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 2:  Foundational Legal Department Policies & Prioritization Theory

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 2: Foundational Policy Legal Department Policies & Prioritization…

80 mins • 30 Mar 20

Stop Guessing Start Knowing placard with bokeh background

Legal Ops Tools: The Legal Department Service Charter

Legal Ops Essentials: The Legal Department SLAAre you happy with how the performance of your…

10 mins • 11 Feb 20

Woman presenting teamwork concept

Contracting Policies: Eliminate weakness in your contracting function

GENTLE INTRODUCTIONThe Contracting Policy ("CP") is perhaps the simplest and most…

15 minutes • 20 Jan 20

Performance management

Performance Managing Your External Legal Counsel

In-house legal teams (IHL) have for years universally agreed that law firms must drastically…

15 minutes • 15 Jan 20

signing-legal-document-2021-08-26-22-28-00-utc_2.jpg

GLS Legal Docs

Think about the quality of cars, air travel, TVs, mobile phones, clothing, medicine - they’ve…

1 min • 12 Sep 19

Artificial intelligence in law

What A.I. means for the Legal Industry

Well, it is at least true to say that “Legal Tech” is a theme that has been dominating the…

15 mins • 01 Aug 19

Decision making 2

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 1: In-House Legal Team Challenges and a Framework for Legal Ops decision making

GLS Legal Ops Masterclass 1: In-House Legal Team Challenges and a Framework for Legal Ops…

1 hr • 17 Jul 19

group-of-orange-books-on-wooden-table-2021-09-04-03-51-09-utc.jpg

Top 10 Rules For Developing A World Class Legal Template Library

One of the greatest sources of inefficiencies (and frustration) inside an In House Legal…

10 mins • 09 Jul 19

In-House legal documents and online legal precedents

So you think in-house lawyers are not important?

In-house lawyers (“IHLs”) must verifiably deliver far more with far less, and in an overall…

8 minutes • 13 Jun 19

workhorses

Top 10 Legal Docs - The Work Horses

Ten foundational legal documents underpin the majority of the vital processes present in most…

15 minutes • 13 Jun 19

Create a custom Services Agreement with GLS

Why do I need a Services Agreement?

What is a Services Agreement?The Services Agreement is the “work horse” legal agreement of…

7 minutes • 17 May 19

digitial_group_of_people.jpeg

GLS Quick Quotes

Few would argue that costs are a huge barrier to accessing external legal support. However, those…

7 minutes • 16 May 19

digital_butterfly_(1).jpeg

RPLV: Transformative Decision Making

The vocational journey of the in-house lawyer has long since ceased to be an attractive safe…

15 mins • 13 May 19

c

How to Avoid a High-Tech Train-Wreck

The recent proliferation of legal technology ("Legal Tech") related headlines suggests…

14 mins • 29 Jan 19

robot_library

GLS Launches GLS Legal Templates

Contracts are the essential record of what parties agree and yet most end up signed, filed and…

12 minutes • 04 Jan 19

Insead Article

GLS Goes Back to School

GLS’s mission, since its inception, has been to disrupt the second half of that statement and…

4 minutes • 13 Dec 18

Depressed_young_businessman_sitting_wet_under_rain.jpeg

Traditional Law is Broken (Part 2)

The true cost of the hourly rateGLS believes that more than 95% of businesses globally are unable…

12 minutes • 20 Jul 17

Depressed young businessman sitting wet under rain.jpeg

Un-breaking the law

The hourly rate is no longer an effective meeting point for those that need legal support and…

2 minutes • 06 Apr 17

Broken

Traditional Law is Broken (Part 1)

The traditional law firm model (“TradLaw”) as we know it is broken; but fortunately, a new…

5 minutes • 14 Jul 16

head.jpeg

What makes GLS Law so accessible

GLS Law will only offer support where we know that we can do so in a way that represents a…

4 minutes • 29 Apr 15

off_track(2)

Traditional Law: Why has law run off the track?

For those who are wondering what has happened to the traditional legal industry, please take a…

1 minute • 31 Dec 14

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