While corporate law departments may be using technology, they aren’t necessarily gravitating toward solutions designed specifically with the legal vertical in mind. Instead, in-house attorneys may be leveraging enterprise-level tools that bridge multiple departments and help to enable smoother company-wide workflows.

So what exactly are departments repurposing? Catherine Moynihan, executive director of Association of Corporate Counsel legal operations, pointed to enterprise technologies such as service intake tools, contract templates and collaboration platforms as areas where a legal-specific approach is not required.