Legal Demand

Law department procurement: Is buying legal services the same as buying laptops?

For years now, corporate law departments have been asked to work with their companies’ procurement or purchasing departments. Most general counsel (GCs) and chief operating…

Audrey Rubin July 29, 2020

Is the Am Law 200 even a “category?”

This 3-part blog series was written by Bruce MacEwen and Janet Stanton of Adam Smith, Esq. In our reflections on the release of the 2020 Am…

Legal Executive Institute July 27, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: “Rules should be revised to allow for a freer market for legal services,” says David Lat, founder of “Above the Law”

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors July 06, 2020

Monitoring Client Industries & Planning for the Pandemic Aftershock

Amid the fast-paced consequences of this global COVID-19 pandemic, it is already a given that every law firm must now adapt to dramatic and rapidly changing…

Patrick J. McKenna April 22, 2020

PMI Q3 Analysis: The Many Peaks of Demand within Practices

“Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there." —Marcus Washling The legal service industry has made headlines of late for the impressive demand growth…

Isaac Brooks November 18, 2019

Peer Monitor Economic Index Gains in Third Quarter as Demand Surges

While the large law market in 2019 isn’t an exact reflection of 2018 so far, there are some similarities — including improved demand and rates…

Isaac Brooks November 04, 2019