Reports & White Papers

UK Looking Glass Report Identifies Law Firms’ Low-Hanging Fruit

In a legal market that’s demanding more and more of law firms, sometimes the most important question is, “Where to Start?” In the UK, the…

David Curle July 13, 2015

Erosion of Rate Growth: Am Law 50 Drives the Decline, Peer Monitor Reports

One of the more notable trends in recent months has been the signs of weakness in rate growth. The first few months of 2015 did…

Peer Monitor June 29, 2015

Law Firms Seeing Boost in Transactional Business, Peer Monitor Report Shows

Transactional practices are becoming increasingly important sources of growth for large law firms, helping to offset persistent weakness in litigation, according to a new report…

Peer Monitor June 22, 2015

Four Scalability Trends Impacting Law Firm Staffing Ratios:  How Do You Compare?

Adjust. Adapt. Repeat. This has been the mantra of many corporate staffing models that scale talent to meet industry innovations and technological advancements. Why should…

Jessa M. Baker June 08, 2015

Altman Weil Report Shows Link between Strategic Shifts and Firm Performance

The annual Law Firms In Transition report from Altman Weil is always a good barometer for what's eating, ailing or tormenting the law firms of…

David Curle May 20, 2015

Peer Monitor Economic Index Holds Steady in 1st Quarter

EAGAN, Minn.—The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, was unchanged at 54 in the first quarter, the…

Peer Monitor May 05, 2015

Peer Monitor Economic Index Falls in 4th Quarter

The Peer Monitor Economic Index (PMI), which measures the relative health of the legal marketplace, fell in the fourth quarter, dropping three points to 54.…

Peer Monitor February 18, 2015

Q&A Interview: Industry Segmentation Could Dramatically Change the Face of Legal Industry, Says Georgetown’s Jones

James W. Jones, a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law, recently sat down with Legal Executive…

James Jones January 29, 2015

Law Firm Report Holds Several Urgent Wake-Up Calls for Industry

Another important early report on law firm financial performance is out: The 2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market, produced by Georgetown Law…

Ralph Baxter January 14, 2015

Georgetown Law/Peer Monitor Report: From Evangelism to Execution

The annual Report on the State of the Legal Market, a collaboration between Georgetown Law's Center for the Study of the Legal Profession and Thomson…

David Curle January 09, 2015