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A business system is really nothing more than a set of processes; a process being a systematic approach with a series of steps used to reach a desired outcome.   One common example: a business will use a customer relationship management (CRM) system (it could be as formal Salesforce or as simple as a homemade spreadsheet) to help manage their sales and marketing efforts when interacting with existing and potential customers. The idea is to have a set of processes for sales and marketing with the desired outcome of attracting and closing clients/customers. All of this is done to help a business achieve its strategic initiatives. Processes allow companies to streamline their work, making them more efficient and save money. ## Systems for Your Legal Needs The same concept applies to the legal field – companies should have a legal system with a set of processes designed to produce the desired outcome of protecting the company and minimizing risk, built around the business strategy. The added benefit of a legal system is efficiency of the company; saving time and money. Businesses are full of processes that have legal implications; contracts, employees, independent contractors, regulations, interns, management decisions, etc. Almost every company that does not have a full-time lawyer working in-house handles legal work on a piecemeal basis; sporadically, without considering how legal could help achieve company goals as a part of the bigger picture. There’s a better way: companies should customize legal systems that are turn-key and predictive to meet their strategic initiatives or company goals. While that may seem like common sense, it’s not; for example, it is extremely common for contracts to lack attachments and exhibits and for them to go unsigned, because a business lacks a standard contract process. This exposes businesses to serious risk. Implementing a contracts process can significantly minimize that risk. Additionally, using a contracts process can shorten sales cycles or turnaround time and lead to a higher conversion rate on the sale of services or products. Processes can be created for numerous areas of a business and built into a legal system that is customized to protect the business so it can pursue goals/strategies/business plan; in essence it’s creating a turn-key legal system or playbook that can keep everyone on the same page. ### Share: [Share on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://elapractice.com/resources/why-businesses-should-have-a-legal-system&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [Share on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://elapractice.com/resources/why-businesses-should-have-a-legal-system&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) [Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://elapractice.com/resources/why-businesses-should-have-a-legal-system&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://elapractice.com/resources/why-businesses-should-have-a-legal-system&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Why%20Businesses%20Should%20Have%20a%20Legal%20System) [Legal Strategy](https://elapractice.com/resources/tag/legal-strategy) Search [Don't Get Caught in the Legal Silo](https://elapractice.com/resources/dont-get-caught-in-the-legal-silo) [Must-Have Business Contracts](https://elapractice.com/resources/must-have-business-contracts) Search ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "John Rabil", "url" : "https://elapractice.com/resources/author/john-rabil" }, "dateModified" : "2022-12-02T14:50:52.293Z", "datePublished" : "2017-01-24T14:49:00.000Z", "headline" : "Why Businesses Should Have a Legal System", "image" : [ "https://elapractice.com/hubfs/rawpixel-649905-unsplash.jpeg" ], "mainEntityOfPage" : { "@id" : "https://elapractice.com/resources/why-businesses-should-have-a-legal-system", "@type" : "WebPage" }, "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url" : "https://elapractice.com/hubfs/ELA%20Logo/ELA-Entrepreneur-Legal-Advisors_COLOR_72-dpi.png" } } } ```