The State of Stress Among In-house Legal Professionals
This report sheds lights on the levels of stress among in-house professionals, their drivers, and their implications for legal department performance and talent retention. The data clearly shows that work-related stress is a pervasive crisis for in-house legal professionals. The burden is disproportionately carried by legal leadership and those operating in high-demand sectors.
Aligning Legal Operations with the Modern Chief Legal Officer
This resource distills key insights from the 2025 CLO Survey, translating the findings into concrete, actionable recommendations for legal operations professionals and chief legal officers. By leveraging this data-driven guidance, both roles can strategically enhance their collaboration and implement practical improvements to drive greater efficiency and impact within the legal department.
The Evolving Role of Corporate Legal Teams in Cybersecurity
Explore the evolving role of corporate legal teams and chief legal officers (CLOs) in navigating today's complex cybersecurity landscape. This resource details how legal departments are crucial in ensuring organizational resilience against modern cyber threats based on the ACC Foundation's 2025 State of Cybersecurity Report: An In-house Perspective.
A Data-Driven Look at DEI in Legal Departments
This ACC Foundation report explores the current landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within legal departments. We analyze data from hundreds of legal departments globally, revealing both progress made and areas for improvement.
The New In-house Lawyer: A Brief Guide to Success
This brief guide provides high level frameworks of the operational environment, data-driven insights into law department priorities, and suggestions for continual learning to get new in-house counsel up to speed quickly. Equipped with this knowledge, you will find actionable recommendations on how to effectively support those priorities and make a significant impact from day one. We also highlight valuable educational programs specifically designed to empower new in-house lawyers, setting you on the path to a flourishing and successful career.
Unlocking the Strategic Potential of the Chief Legal Officer: The Power of Reporting Structure
Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) who have a "seat" at both the executive and boardroom tables are in the best possible position to guide their organizations in their compliance with legal and ethical obligations. Legal leaders who report directly to the CEO and have a direct reporting line to the board are more involved in corporate governance; business strategy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion; and environmental, social, and governance initiatives. This presentation highlights key results from ACC's 2024 Chief Legal Officers Survey and offers 12 reasons why CLOs need direct access to the CEO and the organization's board.
How Chief Legal Officers Can Lead On Corporate Data Security
Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) face a growing burden due to rising data security concerns. Many organizations lack strong data management plans, and some CLOs have not done enough to stay on top of compliance obligations with respect to data security. This, along with a complex regulatory environment, erodes CLOs' confidence in tackling data threats. This guide offers 10 actionable strategies and resources to empower them. All data cited in this report is sourced from the 2024 Chief Legal Officers Survey.
2024 CLO Outlook: Key Chief Legal Officer Expectations for 2024
Corporate legal departments are facing an unprecedented series of challenges, including an increasingly difficult regulatory environment, global economic uncertainty, cost reduction mandates, significant outside counsel cost increases, and rapid technological advancement, just to name a few. This deck shares five key expectations for CLOs and law departments in 2024 based on results from ACC's 2024 Chief Legal Officers Survey.
Legal Operations ACC Survey Findings
Legal operations is a rapidly growing field. Operations professionals have become essential to the maturation and efficiency of legal departments, helping give legal teams increased capacity to demonstrate the unique value they bring to the broader organization. This resource presents a series of visuals on the state of legal operations and perspective of individuals currently in a legal operations role based on ACC surveys published throughout 2023.