Doing “more with less” became a mantra for the in-house world over the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, financial crisis and corporate austerity measures. But it appears that legal departments are ready to do more with a little more in 2021. 

Nearly a third of the 947 participants in the Association of Corporate Counsel’s new global survey of chief legal officers said they expected to hire additional lawyers this year, a slight increase from 30% last year.