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If your legal department is still primarily using email to operate and manage legal projects, it’s time to upgrade your tech tools.

Oliver Jaberg was driving to FIFA’s headquarters when high-ranking football officials were arrested by Swiss authorities in 2015. Ever since, he has worked to help rebuild trust in FIFA and the organization’s credibility, as well as building out a best-in-class compliance program.

The fictional divide that separates our personal and professional lives is crumbling. We show ourselves as we truly are everywhere we go ⁠— at work, home, and play. What will it mean for the future of law when technology tears down the wall completely? Here’s how lawyers who embrace a leadership mindset will find opportunities for growth and positive change.

Frederick “Fritz” Lanham might be best known for helping enact the Trademark Act of 1946 — better known as the Lanham Act — 75 years ago, but he was much more than a congressman from Texas.

The answer was, and still is, to insist that outside counsel also embrace digitization. Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software digitizes contract processes end-to-end, allowing lawyers to create, negotiate, and manage contracts and related documents entirely online.

If you’re like the 82 percent of corporate counsel who recently identified “the greater use of technology to improve productivity” as the most significant change ahead, you’re probably evaluating your software options now or will be soon.

COVID-19 will not lead to the end of globalization but it has triggered transformative steps that general counsel and compliance officers of globally active legal and risk management functions need to consider to ensure sustainable success in the “next normal.”

It is essential for the legal function to be involved in the overall strategy and decision-making of the organizations we serve. And as we prove ourselves as strategic business leaders as well as legal advisors, we are being asked to lead areas beyond the legal department. As we step up and take on increased responsibilities, our “seat at the table” should be assured.