{"id":101713,"date":"2025-01-24T13:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/24\/stats-of-the-week-under-pressure\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:03:05","slug":"stats-of-the-week-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/24\/stats-of-the-week-under-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Stat(s) Of The Week: Under Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with ever-expanding workloads is the greatest challenge for legal professionals.<br \/>\nThe post Stat(s) Of The Week: Under Pressure appeared first on Above the Law.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1080203\" class=\"post-1080203 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-biglaw category-in-house-counsel category-small-law-firms-topic tag-atl-legal-tech-center tag-biglaw tag-in-house-counsel tag-small-law-firms-topic tag-stat-of-the-week\">\n<div class=\"post__content single-post\">\n<div class=\"single-post__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"single-post__content-column\">\n<div id=\"single-post-content\" class=\"single-post__content\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363711 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stat-of-the-week-image-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"stat of the week image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" title=\"\">Work volume is the number one challenge facing legal professionals, according to a survey by Consilio LLC (hat tip to Law360).<\/p>\n<p>Consilio surveyed 212 legal, risk, and compliance professionals in corporate law departments and law firms around the world. Nearly half of them (48%) identified managing and prioritizing the volume of work as the top strategic challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that this is the third year in a row that workload was named the foremost concern, the report, \u201cBeyond the Gridlock: Overcoming the Challenges of Modern Legal Work,\u201d suggests that the pressure legal teams face is fueled by the increasing volume and complexity of global data.<\/p>\n<p>Other significant challenges cited by the respondents include risk management (34%), operational efficiency (31%), strategic decision-making (29%), and budget restrictions (25%).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/pulse\/modern-lawyer\/articles\/2282107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Legal Pros Most Challenged By \u2018Overwhelming Work Volume\u2019<\/a> [Law360 Pulse]<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilio.com\/resource\/global-survey-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Beyond the Gridlock: Overcoming the Challenges of Modern Legal Work<\/a> [Consilio]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with ever-expanding workloads is the greatest challenge for legal professionals. The post Stat(s) Of The Week: Under Pressure appeared first on Above the Law. Work volume is the number one challenge facing legal professionals, according to a survey by Consilio LLC (hat tip to Law360). Consilio surveyed 212 legal, risk, and compliance professionals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":101714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law","category-legal_matters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/stat-of-the-week-image-15N0n8.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}