Legal IT Is No Longer Just Support
Legal IT teams have long been seen as the behind-the-scenes troubleshooters: resetting passwords, managing hardware, and keeping systems online. But in 2025, that perception is outdated. Today’s Legal IT professionals are risk mitigators, compliance enforcers, and digital architects. They’re not just supporting operations, they’re shaping them. At ReVia, we built Hive to empower IT teams to lead the charge in governance, automation, and security. Because when IT leads, the whole firm moves smarter.
How IT’s Role Has Evolved
The responsibilities of Legal IT have expanded dramatically. What used to be a reactive role is now proactive and strategic. First, IT now manages dashboards that track access, usage, and policy adherence across platforms, taking ownership of security and compliance. In addition, legal audits increasingly rely on IT-managed data systems to demonstrate compliance and defensibility. Finally, client and vendor expectations have shifted. Requests for proposals, vendor reviews, and client onboarding often require detailed technical documentation that IT must maintain. In short, IT is no longer just keeping the lights on. Instead, it ensures the firm remains secure, compliant, and competitive.
What Hive Enables IT To Do
Hive helps Legal IT teams scale their impact without increasing their workload. For example, IT can automate permissions and policy enforcement by replacing manual access changes with intelligent workflows that adapt to roles, matters, and firm policies. In addition, Hive allows IT to track usage and anomalies across systems, providing visibility into who accesses what, when, and how, so risks can be addressed early. Hive also enables IT to offer governance-as-a-service, equipping internal teams with self-service tools backed by IT-defined rules. This approach reduces bottlenecks and strengthens compliance while allowing IT to focus on higher-value initiatives.
Use Case
At one midsize law firm, the IT lead used Hive to consolidate eight manual governance processes into three automated workflows. As a result, the firm reduced risk exposure, responded to audits faster and more accurately, and freed IT time for strategic projects such as cloud migration and client technology integrations. Hive did more than make IT’s job easier. It made their work significantly more impactful by turning routine tasks into strategic advantages.
IT Is the Backbone of Legal Governance
Legal IT is no longer a support function; it’s the strategic backbone of modern legal operations. With Hive, IT teams can lead without confidence, automate with precision, and scale without compromise.
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