Legal Planning and Budgeting for 2021

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    48% of legal leaders recently surveyed plan on investing in e-billing technologies this year. Discover the other top trends to watch in this report. 

    The Gartner 2021 State of the Legal Function report provides an in-depth benchmark analysis to inform important trade-offs about legal staffing and spending, practice area investments and ongoing changes related to business support, including:

    • Workload and budget allocation
    • Law firm management
    • Legal technology

    Download the report to benchmark your legal department resources and changing priorities.

    About the State of the Legal Function Report

    The 2021 State of the Legal Function report explores the results from Gartner’s survey of legal executives at 126 organizations of various sectors, locations and revenue sizes.

    This report is designed to help general counsel and legal leaders guide their organizations through 2021 with legal function benchmarking, including an overview of the top trends in legal spend, legal department structure, and corporate legal department budgets.