Legal Operations Leaders Ponder Right Path for Strategic Growth

Mary O’Carroll, a leader in the corporate legal operations world, recently posed a question to her LinkedIn followers: “Are we losing momentum?”

O’Carroll’s post, which reignited a debate in the field, signaled her concern about a reduction in the number of high-level legal operations jobs at companies, she said in an interview. It nodded at a tension in the world of legal ops, the legal department function that handles non-lawyering work such as budgeting, communications, and technology implementation.

“The question is: Will these roles continue maturing into strategic leadership positions that drive alignment with organizational goals?” O’Carroll asked in ...