Work allocation in legal departments worldwide 2018

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Raphael Bohne,
Jul 6, 2022
During a 2019 survey, approximately 93 percent of legal departments worldwide revealed that legal operations were performed in-house in 2018, while six percent of departments do not perform legal operations at all.

Work allocation in legal departments worldwide in 2018, by type

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Release date

June 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 30 to April 12, 2019

Number of respondents

508 respondents

Special properties

legal departments.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Age of respondents was not stated by the source.
Multiple answers were possible.
ALSP and LPO refer to alternative legal services providers and legal process outsourcing respectively.

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