For the most part, law firms and corporate legal departments originally began teaming up with alternative legal services providers (ALSPs) to address practical issues: lowering costs, increasing efficiencies and having a bench of talent waiting in the wings to lend a hand whenever extra help was needed.

What they have discovered over the past several years—and especially in the past three years—is that ALSPs are connecting them with a level of legal talent that also enables them to take on new challenges and leverage new opportunities.