{"id":164472,"date":"2026-10-06T13:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/06\/whats-next-for-legal-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:41:35","slug":"whats-next-for-legal-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/06\/whats-next-for-legal-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Next For Legal Operations?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-1268074980-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1192801\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark UpLevel Ops\u2019 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\u2019s headed next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Will AI Replace Legal Ops?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The foundational role of legal ops isn\u2019t going anywhere, Reese notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If anything, it\u2019s getting bigger, because someone still has to manage the growing web of interdependencies between all the new tools being layered into the department.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Foundational Legal Ops Looks Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others already have that foundation and are ready to use AI to turn the department on its head over the next decade.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Full Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curious to learn more? Check out this episode below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/10\/whats-next-for-legal-operations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s Next For Legal Operations?\u00a0<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-1268074980-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1192801\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To mark UpLevel Ops\u2019 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\u2019s headed next.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Will AI Replace Legal Ops?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The foundational role of legal ops isn\u2019t going anywhere, Reese notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If anything, it\u2019s getting bigger, because someone still has to manage the growing web of interdependencies between all the new tools being layered into the department.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hc6TKRCHY2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Foundational Legal Ops Looks Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others already have that foundation and are ready to use AI to turn the department on its head over the next decade.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nykqTEnbD44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Full Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curious to learn more? Check out this episode below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DItig3_CID4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark UpLevel Ops\u2019 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\u2019s headed next.\u00a0 The conversation turned practical: why document management remains the unglamorous prerequisite for real AI strategy, how to find the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":164444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164472","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}