Reports & Guides

A GC's Framework for In-House Success

For Axiom’s 4th annual survey of General Counsel, we surveyed 500 GCs from the U.S., U.K., Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia. The survey aimed to discover the top issues they’re facing, investments they’re making, and decisions they’re taking to keep their legal teams running smoothly and efficiently, and absorb the shocks they’re dealing with ...

A Career Guide for Upwardly Mobile Deputy GCs

While it varies based on the size of the enterprise, sector, and structure of the legal department, the role of the DGC remains an important one—yet it’s also one of the least studied, understood, or appreciated. Two years ago, we set out to help shed light on the life of the DGC. This year we took a fresh look to see what’s changed and to uncover the challenges and ...

Data Shows AI Use Outpaces Oversight in Legal Departments

View some of the key findings about AI use in in-house legal departments, drawn from our recently published 2024 In-House Survey Report*. It’s an advanced look at how in-house teams risk serious business consequences in their rush to use AI for legal work, and how in-house legal leaders can ensure their teams use AI safely and effectively. *The 2024 In-House Survey ...

2024 In-House Counsel Survey Report: Legal All-Stars Are Eying the Exit

More than half of in-house legal professionals are looking for a new job. Even those not actively looking now will likely begin a job search in 2025. Your legal team all-stars are flight risks. But you can mitigate that—if you prepare now.

Attention GCs: You Have More Flight Risks on Your Team Than Ever Before

Learn how in-house leaders can improve department dissatisfaction and mitigate attrition.

2025 In-House Legal Budgeting Report: Optimize Legal Department Spend

Where are GCs expecting to increase their legal department spend next year? How do they plan to deploy their budget overall, and how often do they revisit that plan? The answers might surprise you.

How SMB Legal Departments Can Navigate a Recessionary Economy

By shifting costs from fixed to flexible resourcing.

Bridging the Divide: Optimizing Legal Department Performance through Legal Ops, AI, and In-House Collaboration

Trying to Control Legal Spend? Beware Budgeting Buckets

How Legal’s current budgeting structure prohibits legal leaders from accessing cost-effective resources.

The Perfect Partnership: Four CFO Best Practices to Ensure Both Legal and Finance Succeed

How can CFOs partner with their GCs to navigate smaller legal budgets? CFOs and GCs must jointly seek out innovative approaches, solutions, and services that enhance flexibility, productivity, and efficiency, finding a balance that maintains risk management without depleting resources.

What's so funny about AI in law? Plenty, it turns out.

We've created a lighthearted look at some of the challenges you face in today’s unpredictable world of legal AI. But make no mistake: These 10 cartoons also reflect serious issues that Axiom is committed to helping you solve.

Best Practices for Legal Ops to Partner with GCs for Efficiency and Value

Dive into the mind of what your GC really wants and you’ll be better equipped to tackle the challenges that matter most to both of you. How can a legal ops innovator spark change for their business while also addressing their GC’s prioritization of mitigating risk—all while staying within a tighter budget?

GCs’ 2024 Outlook on Legal Budgets, Talent, and Innovation

Axiom’s third-annual research report dives into the mind of today’s General Counsels and reveals an urgency for in-house legal leaders to innovate new models to help their organizations thrive..

The GC's Formula for Managing Rising Complexity Under Budget Pressure

Discover the Top Trends Impacting Legal Departments in 2024 and How Rethinking When and Where You Pay for Legal Work Can Strengthen Your Team and Business

Your Legal Team Needs Help: 2023 In-House Hiring Survey

Accessing Resources and Building a Stronger Legal Department During Economic Volatility In this current economic and regulatory climate, in-house legal departments must reevaluate the way they're finding and deploying resources. Axiom’s 2023 In-House Hiring Survey Report uncovers the unique challenges legal leaders are facing today as well as the solutions to their ...

Legal Budgeting Strategy

Learn how a modern budgeting model can help you remain flexible during economic volatility.

5 Steps for a Successful CFO-GC Partnership

Learn how a strong partnership with the CFO is one of the best tools to help GCs get more value out of every budgeted dollar.

Legal Budget Forecasting: When the Legal Budget is Already Outdated

How Legal Budget Forecasting Can Help In-House Legal Leaders Navigate a Recession

GC Survey Report on In-House Legal Department Values

How legal department mission statements aligned with company goals and objectives can mitigate the impact of the great resignation.

2022 In-House Counsel Survey Report

Why are in-house counsel leaving and where are they going?

2023 Deputy General Counsel Survey Report

Navigating bigger burdens with smaller budgets while climbing higher ladders.

In-House Legal Hiring Survey: The Digital Transformation

Why is it still so hard for legal departments to hire the right lawyers? Casual observers of the market – and even some C-suite executives – might argue that budget cuts and headcount freezes render this hiring dilemma moot. But in-house legal leaders know that because their team is so significantly understaffed, finding ways to access additional resourcing support ...

Axiom's 2023 GC Survey Report

Economic Volatility Tests General Counsel’s Role as Conscience of the Company

Legal Budgeting: Budget Building for a Recessionary Economy

Budget building for a (potential) recessionary economy.

How Can Enterprise Legal Departments Navigate a Recessionary Economy?

By shifting costs from fixed to flexible resourcing.

Why Annual Financial Budgeting Isn't Enough Anymore: The How, What, and When of Legal Forecasting

Dynamic forecasting can help GCs better address spend in real-time.

Will In-House Lawyers Ever Really Be Digital Buyers?

Why legal is ready for a digital experience.

The Definitive Playbook for Building Legal Departments at Growth Companies

How flexible resourcing drives smarter budgeting and better legal outcomes.

Preparing a Legal Department Budgeting Strategy Amid Uncertainty

A 7-step playbook for agility-based budgeting.

How to Optimize Your In-House Legal Department Structure

General Counsel are navigating a landscape with greater risks, heightened reputational concerns, and increasing expectations—yet with fewer resources to manage it all. Discover how adopting the Core-Bench-Firm model can help GCs structure their in-house teams to effectively balance these challenges while staying efficient and cost-effective.

Rethink Your Legal Budgeting: Controlling Outside Counsel Spend

Control your outside counsel spend and embrace alternative legal budgeting.

The Real Costs of Full-Time vs. Flexible Lawyers

How flexible talent powers high-performance legal departments.