Legal Services

Sector journalism and trade press.

• Law.com / The American Lawyer $
  Premier US legal industry trade pub family.
• Above the Law
  BigLaw insider news, gossip, salaries.
• Reuters Legal
  Daily legal industry news.
• Law360 $
  Practice-area-specific legal news.
• Bloomberg Law News $
  Practice-area news + analysis.
• Artificial Lawyer
  Legal-tech-focused trade pub.
• LawSites (Bob Ambrogi)
  Legal tech blog and podcast.
• ABA Journal
  American Bar Association magazine.

Membership bodies, advocacy, standards.

• ABA — American Bar Association
  Largest US lawyer association.
• ACC — Association of Corporate Counsel
  In-house counsel association.
• ALA — Association of Legal Administrators
  Law firm operations leaders.
• ILTA — International Legal Technology Association
  Legal IT industry association.
• DRI — Defense Research Institute
  Defense bar association.
• AAJ — American Association for Justice
  Plaintiff bar association.
• Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
  European legal profession.

Where deals get done and announcements happen.

• ABA Annual Meeting
  ABA's flagship event.
• Legalweek (NYC)
  Largest US legal tech industry event.
• ILTACON
  Largest legal IT conference.
• ACC Annual Meeting
  In-house counsel annual.
• CLOC Global Institute
  Corporate Legal Operations Consortium event.
• Above the Law / Lawline / Legal Innovation Forum
  Legal innovation and tech events.

Sector-specialist analysts and data providers.

• Thomson Reuters Institute / State of the Legal Market
  Annual law-firm performance benchmarks.
• Citi Hildebrandt Client Advisory
  Annual law-firm market analysis.
• Wolters Kluwer ELM / Legal Analytics $
  Legal-spend benchmarking.
• Mitratech / TyMetrix Legal Analytics $
  Outside-counsel pricing data.
• Above the Law Top 100 / Vault Rankings
  Law firm prestige rankings.
• ALM Intelligence / Am Law 200 $
  Law firm industry benchmarking.
• Bloomberg Law Litigation Analytics $
  Court and litigation data.

Agencies that govern the sector.

• State Bar Associations
  State licensing of attorneys.
• Supreme Court / State Supreme Courts
  Top courts; rule-making for the bar.
• ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
  Ethics rules adopted by states.
• PCAOB / SEC (Auditor-Lawyer Privilege)
  Securities-law overlay on legal practice.
• FTC — Antitrust on Legal Industry
  Recently active on non-compete bans.
• DOJ — Antitrust
  Antitrust review of law firm activities.
• Solicitors Regulation Authority (UK)
  England & Wales regulator.

Bellwethers and notable executives.

• Kirkland & Ellis
  World's highest-revenue law firm; PE-heavy.
• Latham & Watkins
  Massive global elite firm.
• DLA Piper
  Largest global firm by lawyer count.
• Sidley Austin / Skadden / Davis Polk / Sullivan & Cromwell
  Top US elite firms.
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  Highest profit-per-partner; M&A specialty.
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  Pioneer of NYC associate compensation lockstep.
• Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (A&O Shearman)
  2024 transatlantic merger; major global firm.
• Clifford Chance / Linklaters / Freshfields / Slaughter and May
  London 'Magic Circle' firms.
• Baker McKenzie / Hogan Lovells / Norton Rose Fulbright
  Top global firms with broad geographic footprint.
• Cravath Scale / Big Law Salary Threshold
  $225K starting salary as the BigLaw benchmark.
• LegalZoom / Rocket Lawyer
  Major consumer legal-services platforms.
• Harvey AI / Spellbook / Casetext (Thomson Reuters)
  Major AI-legal startups.
• LexisNexis / Westlaw (Thomson Reuters) / Bloomberg Law
  Big Three legal research platforms.