ELR
The 2023 enterprise legal reputation report
How Legal Departments Directly Influence Business Materiality, Growth and Efficiency
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ELR impact on business
The 2023 Enterprise Legal Reputation (ELR) Report provides a year-over-year (YoY) illustration of how corporate legal departments are perceived via interactions with enterprise employees. It also spotlights how Legal’s direct impact on business — from sales and innovation to corporate culture — depends on its ability to evolve its relationships.
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Report overview
Conducted by Provoke Insights in November 2022
4,000
Enterprise employees
500
Corporate legal professionals
4,500
Total responses
Key findings
Legal’s superpower is its material business impact
Legal professionals
Legal teams believe internal clients perceive their department as having a positive effect on material aspects of their businesses.
Corporate employees
Legal’s internal clients acknowledge the department’s positive influence on corporate growth and profitability.
Legal’s positive image depends on maintaining and sustaining positive relationships
Legal professionals
Legal’s positive perception of its collaboration has fallen.
Corporate employees
The quality of corporate employees’ interactions with Legal has declined.
Legal’s future as material influencer lies in becoming a modern, interactive partner
Legal professionals
Legal wants to be a more visible and efficient partner but there are roadblocks to modernization.
Corporate employees
Corporate employees are looking for better communication and faster execution from Legal — especially in a challenging economic climate.
The future of legal is now.
The 2023 Enterprise Legal Reputation Report reveals that how legal departments boldly choose to take control and transform their brand image from business protector into that of a true strategic business partner and material powerhouse will dictate Legal’s value and impact on growth and efficiency across every corner of the enterprise.
