Jinfo: The Intel on ALM Legal Intelligence

The Intel on ALM Legal Intelligence
Jinfo Blog

12th September 2013

Abstract

The ALM Legal Intelligence platform leverages the data that fuels the company's well-known and well-respected suite of annual surveys and reports on the legal industry. Brought together into one user-friendly platform, this data can easily be mined, made sense of, and compared. Researcher John DiGilio conducted an in-depth review and was pleased to find a resource that is not only intuitive to use and feature rich, but is as deep as it is broad in the scope of its coverage of the key information that shapes the legal industry.

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From managing partners to marketers and researchers, anyone who is involved in ensuring the success of a legal practice knows the value of the annual surveys and reports that are published by ALM. They are among the most sought after tools for competitive intelligence in the industry. It is with a focus on providing even more powerful and meaningful access to the underlying data that the company offers its ALM Legal Intelligence product.

A Treasure Trove of Legal Intel

In crafting its surveys and reports, ALM gathers an immense amount of data. From billing rate to hiring trends to diversity and more, their researchers cull more intelligence than could ever be placed on the printed pages of published results. The ALM Legal Intelligence platform is built by aggregating this treasure trove of information.

Currently the ALM Legal Intelligence database contains in-depth law firm reports on over 300 firms from around the world, available in multi-year formats. The data archives stretch all the way back to 1978 depending on your subscription. Additional surveys, lists and rankings, and special research reports are also added and updated annually by ALM’s own core of analysts and experts.

Beyond law firm metrics and benchmarks, the site provides access to searchable information on government contracts, arbitration awards, in-house law departments and a convenient attorney search.

Simple Searches Yield Robust Research

Researchers will appreciate the simple, yet powerfully functional interface of ALM Legal Intelligence. The tab-based set-up allows users to quickly and easily navigate the site. Each tab and sub-tab provides its own search functionality based on the nature of the data it contains, providing easy access to the surveys, lists, and law firm reports. Conducting robust comparative research across firms and topics is also a breeze using this method of access.

One of the real highlights of the site is the Research Store. This gives users access to:

The bulk of the data on the site
Information on participating in ALM surveys
Access to the surveys currently in process
Information on other resources that ALM makes available.

The flexibility with which results are delivered is key. They are first delivered to the browser in a clean and attractive format and then can usually be downloaded in a variety of practical ways such as in Excel and PDF formats.

Gain a Competitive Edge

ALM Legal Intelligence is more than a mere complement to its cadre of venerable publications. It is a storehouse of insight that stands on its own.

In an industry that continues to become increasingly more competitive, firms large and small are striving to achieve some sort of advantage. In creating a tool of such depth and power as this, ALM has devised a valuable weapon for any law firm that is seriously seeking to bolster its competitive arsenal.

Full Review

The full FreePint Report: Product Review of ALM Legal Intelligence is now available to those with a FreePint Subscription.

Chapters in the full review:

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