COVID-19 has not stopped in-house leaders from wanting to create systemic or incremental changes to their legal department, according to Allen & Overy’s 2020 Legal Innovation Benchmarking Report published Monday.

Over 80% of general counsel want to make deep changes to their department to improve efficiency and business relationships, according to the report. However, those surveyed said they are still facing the old hurdles to change that were in place before the pandemic. Sixty-one percent of respondents say their in-house team lacks the capacity to make changes; 49% say they lack funding in the legal department; 48% say their attorneys are resistant to change, and 47% say there is a lack of skills to implement innovation.