2025 EDITION

The Legal Metrics Handbook

Your legal team prevents costly mistakes, accelerates deals, and protects the business daily—but can you prove it with numbers? This handbook shows you how to measure legal’s real business impact and communicate it in ways that earn you resources and influence.

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What’s inside?

Essential metrics and formulas

Concrete calculations across efficiency, revenue enablement, and risk reduction.

Stakeholder communication strategies

Tailored messaging for different audiences and how to evolve your approach as your metrics maturity grows.

Implementation roadmaps

Step-by-step guides for building capabilities without overwhelming your workload, plus success markers for each stage

Technology ROI frameworks

Methods for proving returns on legal tech investments and demonstrating enterprise-wide efficiency gains

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Advanced strategic analysis

Predictive intelligence, multi-year forecasting, and competitive advantage modeling for board-level discussions

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Legal impact has always been difficult to quantify. But data is the new oil, and it’s becoming a massive lever – and North Star – for legal ops pros. It’s not just about saying a process takes too long, but showing execs and leadership the hard numbers that can help inform real business decisions.”
Daniel Michalekformer Legal Operations Manager, Branch