To mark UpLevel Ops’ 10th anniversary, Stephanie Corey sat down with her longtime friend Reese Arrowsmith, EVP for legal operations at Fox Corp., to trace the profession from its earliest days to where it’s headed next.
The conversation turned practical: why document management remains the unglamorous prerequisite for real AI strategy, how to find the trigger moment that drives adoption, and the skills that legal ops leaders need to stay essential as AI reshapes the department.
Will AI Replace Legal Ops?
The foundational role of legal ops isn’t going anywhere, Reese notes.
If anything, it’s getting bigger, because someone still has to manage the growing web of interdependencies between all the new tools being layered into the department.
What Foundational Legal Ops Looks Like
Reese describes two paths for companies today. Some are still building the basics: budget control, e-billing, staffing and intake processes that show what work is actually happening in the department.
Others already have that foundation and are ready to use AI to turn the department on its head over the next decade.
The Full Conversation
Curious to learn more? Check out this episode below.
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To mark UpLevel Ops’ 10th anniversary, Stephanie Corey sat down with her longtime friend Reese Arrowsmith, EVP for legal operations at Fox Corp., to trace the profession from its earliest days to where it’s headed next.
The conversation turned practical: why document management remains the unglamorous prerequisite for real AI strategy, how to find the trigger moment that drives adoption, and the skills that legal ops leaders need to stay essential as AI reshapes the department.
Will AI Replace Legal Ops?
The foundational role of legal ops isn’t going anywhere, Reese notes.
If anything, it’s getting bigger, because someone still has to manage the growing web of interdependencies between all the new tools being layered into the department.
What Foundational Legal Ops Looks Like
Reese describes two paths for companies today. Some are still building the basics: budget control, e-billing, staffing and intake processes that show what work is actually happening in the department.
Others already have that foundation and are ready to use AI to turn the department on its head over the next decade.
The Full Conversation
Curious to learn more? Check out this episode below.
