{"id":124150,"date":"2025-06-24T21:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/24\/legal-department-head-counts-shrank-over-past-year-defying-narrative-theyre-poised-for-years-of-growth\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T05:02:50","slug":"legal-department-head-counts-shrank-over-past-year-defying-narrative-theyre-poised-for-years-of-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/24\/legal-department-head-counts-shrank-over-past-year-defying-narrative-theyre-poised-for-years-of-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Department Head Counts Shrank Over Past Year, Defying Narrative They&#8217;re Poised for Years of Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe overwhelming majority of the sophisticated legal departments I work with are growing\u2014emphatically not plateauing or shrinking,  said Jason Winmill, managing partner of the in-house consultancy Argopoint.<\/p>\n<p><img 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