Carole Guelfucci & Emilie Gille — Revealing the hidden value of legal documentation professions

In the latest episode of our podcast The Cheat Code, we had the pleasure of talking with two invited experts from the legal world: Emilie Gille, responsible for legal documentation at Goodwin, and Carole Guelfucci, documentation manager at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier.

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What if we stopped underestimating support teams?

It's not When a firm can afford it that he must integrate his support teams into his strategy.

It is because it integrates them from the start that it creates the conditions for its performance.

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A force that is often invisible

Too often, we underestimate the impact that support team members can have in law firms.

Not out of contempt. Mostly out of habit. By hierarchical reflex. By inertia, too.

And yet, in an environment where:

• The knowledge is the main asset,
• The performance is played at the margin,
• And theaggregation of human expertise makes all the difference...

Les documentalists, Knowledge managers, LegalOps managers, Office managers... are much more than logistical support. They are genuine motors.

But engines that are seldom pushed.
While in reality, They should be pushed first.

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Give them momentum, not micro-tasks

Pushing, it's not delegating some research or repetitive tasks to them.
It is giving them:

• one clear field of action,
• ofthe trust,
• one right of initiative,
• and above all: A place in the strategy.

A documentalist is not just someone who watches or finds references.
It is the one who values internal knowledge To make one real management tool.

It is this work in the shadows that makes a cabinet more effective, more rigorous, more credible.

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Human intelligence, the real backbone

We talk a lot about AI, data, information management, Knowledge Capital...

But without the right people to structure, organize, and make this subject reliable, it's all just smoke and mirrors.

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An episode to put the light back in the right place

Today, I had the chance to record an exciting episode of the podcast The Cheat Code with two inspiring professionals from this “bottom line”:

• Emilie Gille, documentation manager at Goodwin and president of Juriconnexion
• Carole Guelfucci, documentation manager at Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier

They share a keen and committed vision of their profession — and show how strategic their skills are for firms.

A must-listen episode, especially if you still think that the strut, it's accessory.

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