{"id":18566,"date":"2026-05-12T10:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i4-you.com\/how-do-good-governance-and-compliance-support-audits-in-the-legal-profession\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T06:30:32","slug":"how-do-good-governance-and-compliance-support-audits-in-the-legal-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i4-you.com\/en\/how-do-good-governance-and-compliance-support-audits-in-the-legal-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"How do good governance and compliance support audits in the legal profession?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18566\" class=\"elementor elementor-18566 elementor-18560\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6874aaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7eb4a9c\" data-id=\"7eb4a9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f18a0b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f18a0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do good governance and compliance support audits in the legal profession?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcfd2ae elementor-widget 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Confidential client information, retention periods, access rights and legislation play a major role on a daily basis. This is precisely why governance within Microsoft 365 is not a nice-to-have, but a necessary foundation.  <\/p><p>Many law firms already work extensively with Microsoft 365. SharePoint, Teams, Outlook and OneDrive are part of daily practice. But without clear agreements about who has access to what, how information is stored and when documents should be archived or deleted, risks arise. This requires a different approach especially when audits or compliance checks come into the picture.   <\/p><p>In this blog, we take you through how well-established governance helps to better pass audits and structurally support compliance within the legal profession.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef04fbc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ef04fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b802ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b802ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compliance begins with a grip on information<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f3bb9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f3bb9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Law firms work with sensitive and often confidential information. Think of client files, contracts, litigation documents and internal legal documents. Not everyone should have access to everything and not everything should be kept indefinitely.  <\/p><p>Yet in practice, we often see information scattered across Teams, SharePoint, Outlook and personal storage locations. Without a clear structure, it becomes difficult to keep a grip on who has access, which documents are still relevant and which information should already have been archived or deleted according to laws and regulations. Well-organized governance ensures that clear agreements and processes exist for this. Not afterwards, but from the moment information is created.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4add12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4add12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Audits require demonstrability<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-182fac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"182fac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An audit is not just about whether you are compliant, but more importantly whether you can demonstrate it. Can you show who had access to a file? Is the retention period clear? Can you substantiate why information is still available or has been removed? If your governance is not practical and well established, getting this right becomes a manual and time-consuming process. Information must be retrieved, permissions must be checked and exceptions prove difficult to explain.     <\/p><p>If you set this up properly from the beginning and make clear agreements, then governance and compliance become part of the setup. Rights are established in advance, classifications are automatically applied and retention periods are linked to document types or files. As a result, an audit does not become a search, but a check of processes that have already been set up properly.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd6309 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3dd6309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b61b2db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b61b2db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Less reliance on manual management<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4306158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4306158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many compliance risks do not arise from unwillingness, but because many tasks are still done manually. An employee creates his own Teams environment, documents are stored in different places or retention periods are forgotten because no one is working on them on a daily basis. <\/p><p>Especially in the legal profession, where accuracy is essential, you want to limit that kind of dependency. Setting up governance properly helps by standardizing processes and enforcing them automatically. Consider the controlled creation of workspaces, where the right rights, metadata and retention periods are immediately applied. That way, compliance doesn&#8217;t become something you have to check after the fact, but something that is set up right from the start.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43afe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e43afe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governance also supports Copilot and AI<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94da68b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94da68b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the advent of AI and Microsoft Copilot, governance becomes even more important. This is because Copilot works on the basis of the information and permissions already present in Microsoft 365. If permissions are not set properly, information can become visible to employees who really shouldn&#8217;t have access to it.  <\/p><p>For law firms, this is a serious risk, as confidentiality is very important. Governance helps ensure that information is in the right place, permissions are set up correctly and sensitive documents do not inadvertently become more widely available. This not only supports compliance today, but also lays a secure foundation for the responsible use of AI and Copilot in the future.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a6122 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c3a6122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16b7c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f16b7c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From loose rules to structural policies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c52d93e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c52d93e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Compliance is not an isolated action right before an audit. It requires structural policies and clear choices about how you handle information as an organization. Which documents do you keep for how long? Who is allowed to create new workspaces? How do you deal with external sharing? And how do you ensure that employees follow the correct working methods?     <\/p><p>Governance helps to not only put these agreements on paper, but to actually make them part of daily practice. By setting up processes properly and supporting agreements technically, more peace, overview and grip is created. This creates an environment that is prepared for audits and future developments.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec7061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fec7061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governance as a foundation for trust<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-410a1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"410a1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the legal profession, trust is everything. Clients must be able to count on information being managed securely, correctly and carefully. Governance plays an important role in this. It helps to not only live up to that trust, but also to demonstrably substantiate it.   <\/p><p>A strong Microsoft 365 environment ensures a grip on information, less risk during audits and a stronger compliance position in the long run. Not by adding extra rules, but by laying the right foundation. 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