A recent article in ISM on crashing the legal department had some great advice on what you need to do when helping your General Counsel source legal services.

• You must take the lead in proposing alternate fee arrangements.
• You must take the lead in finding out what "XYZ" task really costs.
• You must figure out how waste can be driven out of the system.
• You must insure that the firms you select can get your rates with the product and service providers they could also make use of.
• You must help to quicken the death of the billable hour.

For more advice on how you can help decrease legal costs, see:

• Legal Cooperation
• A Supply Manager's Introduction to e-Discovery
• Is Your Legal Team Ready?
• Can Good e-Discovery Tools Really Reduce Your Legal Fees?
• Shared Legal Services: Risk vs. Reward

• e-Discovery + e-Sourcing = e-Normous Savings
• e-Discovery Stage 1: Ending the Cold War
• e-Discovery Stage 2: Understand the Risk Profile
• e-Discovery Stage 3: Execute with Efficiency
• Sourcing Legal Services Gaining Momentum

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