What happens when a legal department and its outside counsel stop working as separate teams and start operating as one? In this episode of "Clarity", Norie Campbell, Chief Legal Officer of Thomson Reuters, Jen Ruddick, Deputy General Counsel at Thomson Reuters, and Matt Peters, Head of Transformation at McCarthy Tétrault, explore how shared AI-powered playbooks can reduce friction, accelerate legal work, and create stronger partnerships between in-house teams and law firms.
What does it take for a legal department and its outside counsel to truly operate as one team? In this episode of Clarity, our panel shares how they partnered to create an AI-powered leasing playbook that aligns legal strategy, risk tolerance, and business priorities across organizations.
Using a real-world case study, the conversation explores how legal departments and law firms can use AI, shared playbooks, and deeper collaboration to reduce duplication, improve responsiveness, and deliver better business outcomes, while offering a practical vision for how the in-house and outside counsel relationship may evolve in the future.
Why you should listen
- Hear a practical case study of how shared playbooks can improve speed, consistency, risk management, and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Gain actionable insights on the future of legal operations, alternative service models, and what seamless collaboration could look like by 2030.
- Learn how leading legal teams are using AI to strengthen, not replace, the relationship between in-house counsel and law firms.
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