Reports & White Papers

New White Paper: For Legal Employers — 16 Ways to Expedite the Advancement of Lawyers of Color

Since the launch of its Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color (NGL:ALC) initiative in May 2018, Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute has sought to…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color May 16, 2019

How Collaboration is Powering Growth in the Market for Alternative Legal Service Providers

Alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) are growing much faster than any other part of the legal market — 12.9% compounded growth in just the past…

Connie Brenton April 23, 2019

London Roundtable Event to Delve into Growth & Usage of the ALSP Market

LONDON — As the market for alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) continues to see strong growth — reaching a $10.7 billion slice of the overall…

Thomson Reuters Institute April 22, 2019

Infographic: 3 Key Takeaways from the “State of Corporate Law Departments 2019” Report

As we learned with the recently released, State of Corporate Law Departments 2019 — published by Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute, the International Bar Association (IBA), the…

Joe Blackwood April 15, 2019

Innovation and the 2019 State of the Corporate Law Departments Report

Legal innovation goes hand-in-hand with a legal operations mindset, and it requires having the right team in place, the right technology, open collaboration with outside…

David Curle April 04, 2019

Opportunity Abounds for Small Law Firms Willing to Innovate: Thomson Reuters Study

Small law firms in the United States face a host of challenges, but within those challenges lies a lot of opportunity, according to a new…

Thomson Reuters Institute March 25, 2019

Delta Model Update: The Most Important Area of Lawyer Competency — Personal Effectiveness Skills

Many legal experts say the legal industry is at an inflection point because the pace of change is being driven by many factors — technology,…

Natalie Runyon March 21, 2019

State of Corporate Law Departments 2019: Doing Much More to Maximize the Value of Legal Services

Today’s corporate law departments have a fuller plate than perhaps any time before. First, they must exercise their primary duty to provide legal support that…

Thomson Reuters Institute March 14, 2019

State of the Legal Market in China 2019 Report: What Can the West Learn?

Amid growing tensions over trade between the US and China, it’s too often assumed — erroneously — that the Chinese business model for success is…

Thomson Reuters Institute March 07, 2019

White Paper: Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?

A new white paper, Government Vendor Fraud — Is Prevention the Ultimate Cure?, demonstrates that people and technology must work together to prevent government fraud.…

Thomson Reuters Institute March 06, 2019

Volatility in Markets and Politics Roiling the Future of Financial Regulation, New Report Shows

A newly released annual report, State of Regulatory Reform 2019: The Future of Financial Regulation, published by Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, covers the outlook for…

Thomson Reuters Institute February 26, 2019

The Dynamic Market Model & Life Along the Continuum: A Key Discussion from the “State of the Legal Market Report”

As early as 2013, Bruce MacEwen of AdamSmithEsq.com was writing about what he described as “the Hollow Middle” within the legal market. A somewhat controversial…

Bill Josten February 25, 2019