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2023 Harbor Law Department Survey

Eight in 10 law departments surveyed anticipate an overall increase in demand for their services heading into 2024—but for many, that won’t entail a comparable jump in headcount or in spending. What does this mean for in-house legal departments and the law firms they hire? How can they best prepare? And what can technology solutions, from automation to artificial intelligence, do to help?

The 2023 Harbor Law Department Benchmarking Survey - based on responses from 170 companies - offers answers, benchmarks, and insights surrounding these and other critical questions facing the legal industry in the year to come.

Videos

Law Department Survey 2023: Summary Insights

Key findings on top strategies for law departments and where the market is headed.

Briefs

Innovative Approaches to Outside Counsel Management: What’s in Store for ’24

A closer look at strategies law departments are using to control costs – and improve collaboration.

Articles

GCs Say They're Tightening The Budget On Outside Counsel – Law360

Recent law department study by Harbor shows how in-house legal departments with shrinking resources select outside law firms.

Briefs

Fortune 500 Law Departments Navigate Growing Demand for Legal Services

Harbor shares key findings from the 2023 Law Department Benchmarking Survey.

Articles

In-House Workload Grows as Staff, Outside Spending Shrink – Corporate Counsel

Legal departments rely more on technology and existing resources to manage increased workloads.

30 Apr 2024

Contributors

Jaime Woltjen

Senior Director, Strategy + Transformation

Lauren Chung

Practice Group Lead, Strategy + Transformation, and Optimization Officer, Harbor Labs

Kevin Clem

Chief Growth Officer, Corporations and Community

Stacie Neeter

Managing Director, Legal Technology + Operations

Sean Monahan

Senior Director