LEL’s Bib-List of Interesting Surveys/Stats on the Legal Profession
November 29th, 2012 by
Susan Hackett
Legal Executive Leadership’s Ongoing List of
INTERESTING SURVEYS – STATS – TRENDS in the Legal Profession
FTI Consulting’s 2013 “Law in the Boardroom” Report (discussing the risks that keep GCs and Executive Leaders/Boards up at night): http://www.fticonsulting.com/global2/critical-thinking/reports/law-in-the-boardroom.aspx
2013 Report on the State of the Legal Market – from Georgetown University Law School’s Center for the Study of the Legal Profession and Hildebrant’s Peer Monitor Service: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/continuing-legal-education/executive-education/upload/2013-report.pdf
Citi/Hildebrandt 2013 Client Advisory
Fulbright & Jaworski’s Annual Corporate Counsel Litigation Trends Survey (2013): http://www.fulbright.com/litigationtrends
Huron Consulting Group’s US Market Trends – Staking Out the High Ground in a Time of Turbulence: http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/Insights/Whitepapers/Legal/US_Market_Trends_Staking_Out_the_High_Ground_in_a_Time_of_Turbulence.aspx
Report: The Boom Years Are Not Coming Back, Get Used to It: AmLaw Daily article citing the Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group/Hildebrandt Consulting Joint Legal Advisory: http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202584230190
ALM’s 2012 Law Firm Leaders Survey: http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202579030652
ALM’s 2012 Law Department Metrics Benchmarking Survey: http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202578084293&The_Big_Squeeze&slreturn=20121105075742
Corporate Executive Board (CEB’s) “9 Efficiency Trends to Watch for in Legal”: http://www.executiveboard.com/blogs/9-efficiency-trends-to-watch-for-in-legal/
KPMG’s General Counsel Survey 2012 (strong focus on risk/compliance issues): http://www.kpmg.com/cn/en/issuesandinsights/articlespublications/pages/general-counsel-survey-o-201212.aspx
Legal Week’s 2012 Client Satisfaction Survey: http://link.emails.legalweek.com/r/IIKEB0S/R3FUK/JEI6MT/0C5HR/EI2U6/HK/h
Consero’s 2012 Chief Compliance Officer Data Survey: http://consero.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Consero-2012-Chief-Compliance-Officer-Data-Survey.pdf
KPMG’s 2012 General Counsel Survey: http://www.kpmg.com/global/en/issuesandinsights/articlespublications/pages/general-counsel-survey-2012.aspx
BTI’s Top 30 Law Firms (ranked by clients) for A-Team Service: http://www.bticlientserviceateam.com/client-service-30/
ALM Legal Intelligence white paper sponsored by Microsystems: Meeting Client Expectations? The Hidden Secret for Improved Satisfaction http://www.almlegalintel.com/SurveyDescription.aspx?id=dnbD41YkxT8%3d&type=fEFgIaD+grg%3d
Altman Weil’s 2012 Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Survey: http://www.altmanweil.com/CLO2012/
Altman Weil’s 2011 Chief Legal Officer (CLO) Survey : www.altmanweil.com/CLO2011/
ALM/Lexis-Nexis Survey (2012) AFA’s for Law Firms and Law Departments: http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleALD.jsp?id=1202562510083&slreturn=1 (this link is to the ALM story, which contains a link to the actual survey – it’s free, but you have to fill out a request form to receive it.)
“Seventy Percent of Large Companies Expect Alternative Arrangements to Become Standard Practice by Outside Law Firms”: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20120403-908266.html
2012 ALM (American Lawyer Media) “Global 100” – largest law firms by revenue in the global marketplace, with additional data: http://www.americanlawyer.com/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202571228982
Lexis-Nexis / Martindale.com: Selection and Retention of Law Firms in Western Europe (surveying European In-House Counsel): http://www.martindale-hubbell.co.uk/western-european-ihc?utm_source=Global%2BLegal%2BPost&utm_medium=GLP%2Bweb&utm_campaign=WesternEuropeanIHC
SERENGETI/Association of Corporate Counsel – 2010 Outside Counsel Management Survey: www.serengetilaw.com/survey/default.html
Altman Weil 2012 Law Firms in Transition Flash Survey: www.altmanweil.com/dir_docs/resource/1667e5c8-b99e-4557-93ac-73174118ea29_document.pdf
PWC Annual Survey of Top Law Firms (Global): http://www.pwc.co.uk/tax/publications/pwc-annual-law-firms-survey.jhtml
Equilar’s Executive Summary of 2012 Top Law Department CLO Compensation (US): http://www.equilar.com/knowledge-network/research-reports/2012-research-reports/2012-in-depth-top-general-counsel-compensation-report.php
Association of Corporate Counsel 2012 Chief Legal Officer Survey (pub 1/2013): http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1327148 (executive summary available for free download; full survey must be purchased)
Association of Corporate Counsel 2011 Chief Legal Officer Survey (pub 2012): http://www.acc.com/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1294806
HBR (Hildebrandt Baker Robbins) -‐ 2011 Law Department Survey: http://HLDS_2011_Press_Release_111007.pdf
HBR 2012 Law Department Survey: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/legal-spending-returns-to-2009-survey-levels-according-to-2012-hbr-law-department-survey-2012-09-27?siteid=nbkh
ALM/Corporate Counsel Magazine: Agenda 2012: General Counsel Issues: January 2, 2012: http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1324247055495 (click the internal link in the article for the charts)


