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How Gartner Supports Legal Leaders
Insight, guidance and tools to enable faster, smarter decisions and stronger performance on your mission-critical legal priorities.
Webinar: Business Implications of U.S. Federal Policy Changes
Hear from Gartner experts on how clients from across the C-suite are taking action and leading in times of change.
GC Guide: Build a Digitally Enabled Legal Department
Learn the foundational steps to prepare and improve the selection of legal department technology and accelerate adoption.
How we support your priorities
Assess your current state
Develop your strategic plan
Execute and drive change
Stay ahead of the curve
What’s included in a Gartner membership
Expert guidance to help you tackle your most critical priorities
Gartner helps Legal leaders prioritize time and resources on what matters most. Our insights, guidance, and tools focus on Mission-Critical Priorities (MCPs)—the imperatives that drive results for your business and stakeholders.
We focus on the highest impact priorities for senior Legal leaders—from unlocking value with AI to optimizing costs and leading change—decisions that drive impact. With step-by-step guidance and clear Journey Steps, Gartner helps you move confidently from strategy to execution.
Actionable insights for your everyday organizational needs
Gartner also equips Legal leaders to tackle Perennial Priorities by connecting enterprise strategy to the functional decisions that drive performance.
Backed by over 510,000 client discussions and 23,000 vendor conversations and 200,000 AI queries, Gartner gives you access to more
C-level strategies, tools, and best practices than any other source.
- AskGartner AI for instant, contextual answers and summaries
- Case studies showcasing peer-tested strategies and measurable outcomes
- Magic Quadrants and Market Guides for smarter tech decisions
- Enterprise leadership insights to enhance C-suite collaboration
Decision Tools
Get benchmarks, assessments and guides to drive stronger performance.
Must-Attend Events
Get action-oriented insights and unparalleled perspectives on your most important challenges. Attend expert-led discussions on road-tested tools and insights.
Gartner Enterprise Risk, Audit & Compliance Conference
Legal & Compliance Webinars
Live and on-demand virtual events featuring Gartner experts and peer best practices.
Peer Connections
Get access to a community of industry leaders who have the right experience to help. Follow peer-led discussions and polls on best practices, trending topics, and technology ratings and reviews to support your mission-critical priorities.
How you benefit
Direct cost savings
Our experienced technology experts can help you make more informed legal technology decisions and get more value from your investments.
Decision speed
On average, organizations take eight to nine months to make decisions. We reduce that decision time frame by 30% to 60% with our trusted insight.
Budget justification
Secure funding for key initiatives and staff using our budget, staffing, org structure and activities benchmarks tailored for your organization.
Execution speed
Use our customizable tools, frameworks and templates to speed execution of your key initiatives, enabling you to deliver faster results.
Risk mitigation
Shape your emerging issues plans with real-time visibility into evolving approaches, lessons learned and norming data from multinational companies across industries.
Extension of your staff
Subject matter experts across Gartner are available on demand to support your changing priorities.
How Gartner clients have achieved success
- Insurance Company
- IT Services and IT Consulting
- Hospitals and Health Care
ELCO Mutual Life and Annuity
Insurance Company
51-200 employees
General Counsel
Built Three New Functions: Established legal and compliance programs from scratch using Gartner insights, templates and diagnostics.
Strengthened Board Effectiveness: Revised board committee charters resulting in a more confident, informed, and effective board.
Increased Efficiency: Used diagnostics, benchmarking, and policy templates (including for GenAI) to speed up work and introduce more strategic decision-making.
Pure Storage, Inc.
IT Services and IT Consulting
5,001-10,000 employees
Senior Director & Associate General Counsel
Strategic Alignment: Defined three multi-year priorities—workforce planning, risk mitigation, and technology transformation.
Operational Efficiency: Shifted from reactive to proactive strategy, ensuring the right people were in the right roles.
Technology Optimization: Reduced tool redundancy and improved utilization, aligning with corporate IT goals.
CDL Nuclear Technologies
Hospitals and Health Care
51-200 employees
Chief Compliance Officer
Improved Compliance Maturity: Used Gartner diagnostics every six months to measure progress and guide strategic priorities.
Strengthened Compliance Culture: Introduced interactive training strategies and learner surveys, resulting in measurable engagement improvements and cultural alignment.
Accelerated Compliance Program Development: Built a structured compliance program without hiring additional staff, saving significant time and cost.
Drive stronger performance on your mission-critical priorities.