As an attorney specializing in contracts, Lucy Endel Bassli wanted to find a way to look for patterns in contracts. After realizing that she could better see the outcomes of contracts by collecting data from past contracts, she’s found the decision-making process in constructing and negotiating contracts. Bassli, who is the chief legal strategist at LawGeex and the founder and principal of InnoLegal Services, recently authored a chapter on legal operations and data analytics in “Legal Operations: How to Do It and Why It Matters,” an e-book published by Juro.

Bassli spoke to Corporate Counsel about how she fell into operations, data analytics and the kind of data she wants to extract from contracts. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.