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Legal Operations Spend Management Workflow

Manage outside counsel relationships, legal spend, and operations efficiency.

Complexity: High | Duration: 15-30m | Category: Industry/Legal Services

Tags: legal-operations spend-management outside-counsel e-billing metrics

Workflow Diagram​

Steps​

Step 1: Select and retain outside coun​

Select and retain outside counsel

Step 2: Negotiate rates and arrangemen​

Negotiate rates and arrangements

Step 3: Issue matter instructions​

Issue matter instructions

Step 4: Review and approve invoices​

Review and approve invoices

Step 5: Apply billing guidelines​

Apply billing guidelines

Track legal spend

Step 7: Analyze spend by category​

Analyze spend by category

Step 8: Manage e​

Agent: billing system

Step 9: Evaluate outside counsel perfo​

Evaluate outside counsel performance

Report on legal department metrics

Usage​

To execute this workflow:

/workflow industry/legal-services/legal-operations-spend-management-workflow.workflow

See other workflows in this category for related automation patterns.