Data is everywhere. From the Zoom calls you’re on, to the emails you send, the documents you work on, and the legal system you interact with, unstructured data is inherent in everything law firms and legal departments do. To make the most of this growing gold mine of data, law firms and legal departments must invest in better structuring of their data.

In the first article of this three part series, we reviewed trends in data classification and the importance of embracing data standards in the legal industry to ensure seamless communication between systems, increased efficiencies, and better decision-making. We’ll now turn to trends in data structuring and touch on what unstructured data is and how the legal industry is working to move from unstructured to structured data.

Unstructured vs. Structured Data