On October 1, the first day of National Bullying Prevention Month, the Commission on Professionalism released a report titled “Bullying in the Legal Profession: A Study of Illinois Lawyers’ Experiences and Recommendations for Change.”
Another Women’s History Month has passed with little fanfare and no significant milestones to celebrate. Certainly not when it comes to the gender pay gap. In March, in honor of Women’s History Month, the Census Bureau released new wage data. Once again, among full-time, year-round civilian workers across all occupations, women were reported as earning […]
The state of the civil litigation system has long been lamented by lawyers and laymen alike. How does Illinois’ civil litigation system rank? Not well, apparently. A recent study ranked Illinois’ justice system 48th out of the 50 states—a ranking Governor Bruce Rauner recently blasted as evidence of the state’s “abusive environment for lawsuits.” Everyone […]
Forty percent of counties and county-equivalents in the U.S. have less than one lawyer per 1,000 residents, according to the American Bar Association’s 2020 Profile of the Legal Profession. The second edition of the profile also reported continuing racial equity and law school debt challenges, which have the potential to be exacerbated by COVID-19. The […]
Staggering new data reveals just how differently workplace stressors and the pandemic have affected legal professionals.
The ABA released its annual snapshot of the legal profession last month. The profile explores trends in 11 subject areas — including demographics, law schools, the judiciary, technology, and the pandemic. The report is based on a survey of more than 4,000 ABA members last fall and a follow-up survey of nearly 1,400 senior lawyers in March.
Small law firms are more optimistic about positive growth in the upcoming year than they were in 2021, according to the 2022 Report on the State of U.S. Small Law Firms from Thomson Reuters. Nearly 60% of lawyers expect growth over the next 12 months in revenues per lawyer, billable hours, and profits per lawyer compared to 51% in 2021.
The 2024 Clio Legal Trends Report, which is an annual evaluation of the industry based on data from tens of thousands of Clio users and survey responses from more than 1,000 legal professionals and over 1,000 consumers in the U.S. general population, identifies challenges for attorneys and opportunities to grow, streamline, and increase their momentum.
As technology advances, it has become more challenging to decipher who is actually in control – technology or its creator. Recent studies claim computers will soon replace many careers in law in the next five to ten years. That’s apparently the popular opinion of leadership in law firms these days. According to a 2015 survey […]
Last month, Gallup and Access Group released a survey of law school alumni that revealed their personal opinions on the value of their law degree. It turns out that over time law grads have had a change of heart. After interviewing about 7000 law school graduates who attended Campbell University Law School, Elon University School […]
