Altman Weil Flash Survey: Law Firm Management Techniques
Law Firm Management Techniques: Complete Survey Results
A recent survey of AmLaw 200 law firms conducted by Altman Weil, Inc. reports that lateral growth, strategic planning and benchmarking/best practices are the most effective management techniques implemented in major law firms in the last five years.
The survey asked Chairs and Managing Partners to identify which of 24 law-firm specific management techniques they had used and to rate their experience with those techniques employed. Effectiveness ratings were computed as a function of each technique’s popularity (frequency of employment) and assessment of its success (‘very successful’ or ‘successful’).
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Click on a specific technique in the chart below for a definition and details of results.
Summary Chart
Popularity | Experience (Successful or “Very”) | Effectiveness | ||
1. | 100.0% | 58.7% | 58.7 | |
2. | 24.2% | 80.0% | 19.4 | |
3. | 85.5% | 83.0% | 71.0 | |
4. | 19.4% | 66.7% | 12.9 | |
5. | 62.9% | 76.9% | 48.4 | |
6. | 74.6% | 78.7% | 58.7 | |
7. | 66.7% | 57.1% | 38.1 | |
8. | 38.1% | 50.0% | 19.1 | |
9. | 85.5% | 75.5% | 64.6 | |
10. | 92.1% | 59.7% | 55.0 | |
11. | 70.5% | 41.9% | 29.5 | |
12. | 100.0% | 86.9% | 86.9 | |
13. | 68.9% | 69.1% | 47.6 | |
14. | 63.3% | 89.4% | 56.6 | |
15. | 3.3% | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
16. | 62.3% | 71.0% | 44.2 | |
17. | 85.2% | 71.1% | 60.6 | |
18. | 14.8% | 66.6% | 9.9 | |
19. | 26.7% | 75.0% | 20.0 | |
20. | 5.1% | 66.6% | 3.4 | |
21. | 70.5% | 39.5% | 27.8 | |
22. | 96.8% | 85.0% | 82.3 | |
23. | 21.3% | 61.5% | 13.1 | |
24. | 23.0% | 71.4% | 16.4 | |
