In Conversation
At a firm synonymous with improving business processes, tightening up the legal function takes on a new meaning. BCG’s global legal programme manager Ashley Herring tells us about her unusual path into legal ops, and how data can transform the value of the legal function.
My route into legal services has been a slightly unusual one. I did not graduate from a legal program and spent the better part of my career as HR Immigration Manager at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). However, as a business studies graduate I have always worked adjacent to law, and when the chance to transition into an operations role came up I grabbed it.
In my previous role at BCG, I had worked closely with Antonia Peabody. In 2017 she launched what is now BCG’s legal strategy and operations group and it was always my intention to follow her. I had been tangentially working in the legal field, the issues thrown up by legal departments interested me a lot, and in my role as immigration manager I had started to work more and more on designing processes and building out strategy. That made the move to legal operations (legal ops) seem like a natural fit for me.