Event Recap: The Bottleneck That’s Crushing Your Legal Team’s Productivity (And How to Fix It)

Your legal department isn't struggling with complex legal challenges, it's being overwhelmed by constant interruptions. From urgent emails and instant messages to impromptu meetings and random requests, these daily distractions are silently eroding productivity and preventing your team from tackling the high-value work that drives business results. The problem isn't capacity, it's chaos. Without addressing this fundamental issue, legal departments will remain misunderstood, overextended, and chronically under-resourced.

"The Bottleneck That’s Crushing Your Legal Team’s Productivity (And How to Fix It)"

If you missed it, check out out our eBook The Legal Department Isn't Just a Cost Center: Let's Prove It, with themes from the webinar and strategies for demonstrating the value that the legal department is bringing to the company. If you're already an IHC member, you have access to the on-demand webinar anytime.

About the Panelists:

• Ilan Hornstein, VP & Deputy General Counsel at 8×8
• Kathy Zhu, Founder/CEO of Streamline AI and former AGC at DoorDash

In the webinar, they explored how to:

• Spot and eliminate the routine tasks that are eating away at your team's productivity
• Create a strategic prioritization system that keeps focus on high-impact work
• Leverage data and metrics to transform Legal from reactive support to strategic business partner
• Position your legal function as a value driver rather than an expense
• Build compelling cases for additional resources using concrete performance data

This webinar was perfect for in-house attorneys, legal operations managers, and legal department heads who feel constantly pulled in different directions, face challenges securing adequate resources, or want to scale their team's influence without increasing stress and burnout.

Sponsored by: In-House Connect (IHC) and Streamline AI