People

This category covers technology supporting a law firm's or legal department's most important asset, its people. Recruiting tools help legal employers source and screen candidates directly, while recruitment agents and staffing platforms connect organizations with legal recruiters and support temporary and contract placement of lawyers and legal professionals. eLearning and professional development platforms deliver CLE-eligible training and skills development, and appraisal tools support structured performance review and feedback processes. Diversity, equity and inclusion tools, which remain heavily services and survey-based rather than software-driven, are also tracked here. As generative AI reshapes how legal work gets done, keeping lawyers and staff current on new tools and workflows has become a bigger part of what professional development platforms need to cover, alongside traditional CLE and skills content. Some staffing providers have also begun adopting AI-driven candidate matching similar to tools built for in-house recruiting teams. Vendors increasingly bundle recruiting, performance management, and learning into unified talent management suites rather than offering narrow point solutions.