Worldwide: Law Department Performance

Alumni programs in law firms are often treated as light-touch engagement initiatives. At Troutman Pepper Locke, WLG member firm for Massachusetts, USA, Director of Alumni Relations Clare Martin Roath described a more structured approach. Instead, the strategy in place positions alumni as an integral part of the firm’s ongoing efforts to maintain client, talent, and market connectivity.

This episode features a conversation with René Jovel, Assistant General Counsel at Versiti Blood Health, Inc. In this discussion, René reflects on growing up in Los Angeles, California, attending Northwestern University for undergrad and Marquette University School of Law.

None of the founders I work with are failing. Every single one of them is succeeding. And for many of them, that success is quietly breaking them.

Legal translation is evolving from a downstream service into an embedded function within legal operations. As organizations manage higher volumes of multilingual legal documentation across jurisdictions, translation is increasingly intertwined with core legal processes including contracting, compliance, litigation support, and regulatory communication, where consistency, timing, and coordination across teams matter as much as linguistic accuracy.

The lawyer who could handle everything was once seen as indispensable. But that model is getting harder to keep up with. Law firms are under pressure to move faster, manage risk, and deliver a better client experience without compromising quality.

Remote legal case managers are becoming a go-to support role for busy law firms in 2026, especially in high-volume practices like personal injury, immigration, family law, and consumer litigation. But if you are looking for a single industry-wide percentage, here is the truth: there is no official census that tracks the adoption of “remote legal case manager” across every U.S. law firm.

Pryor Cashman has named David C. Rose to serve as the firm's next Managing Partner, effective February 1, 2025. He succeeds current Managing Partner Ronald H. Shechtman...

Pryor Cashman Partners Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme and Judy Poller have been named to the 2024 Forbes Top 200 Lawyers List.

Is your business journey leaving you feeling torn between professional success and cherished family moments?

Alumni programs in law firms are often treated as light-touch engagement initiatives. At Troutman Pepper Locke, WLG member firm for Massachusetts, USA, Director of Alumni Relations Clare Martin Roath described a more structured approach. Instead, the strategy in place positions alumni as an integral part of the firm’s ongoing efforts to maintain client, talent, and market connectivity.

This episode features a conversation with René Jovel, Assistant General Counsel at Versiti Blood Health, Inc. In this discussion, René reflects on growing up in Los Angeles, California, attending Northwestern University for undergrad and Marquette University School of Law.

Legal translation is evolving from a downstream service into an embedded function within legal operations. As organizations manage higher volumes of multilingual legal documentation across jurisdictions, translation is increasingly intertwined with core legal processes including contracting, compliance, litigation support, and regulatory communication, where consistency, timing, and coordination across teams matter as much as linguistic accuracy.