“Embrace the litigators in your lives” may sound like a Valentine’s Day lawyer meme, but it was Joe Patrice’s takeaway from the Q4 2023 Thomson Reuters Law Firm Financial Index. Journalists’ and bloggers’ coverage of the report, released last week, emphasized how law firms’ profits rebounded in 2023, driven by rate growth and stronger demand …
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Firms Reconsider How Technology Shapes Productivity as Law Firm Market Returns to Profitability
Law firms showed resilience in 2023, taking advantage of shifts in market demand and aggressively raising rates while exercising restraint in costs, particularly talent costs for associates. This balanced approach of managing for both topline growth and cost controls paid dividends for firms; if they continue to successfully execute on those strategies, the market is …
Australian Law Firms Rally Despite Expense Growth Challenges
Australian law firms finished the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2023 strong, rebounding in the face of softening demand and rising expenses in the first half of the year. That’s among the takeaways from the 2023 Australia: State of the Legal Market Report, which examines Thomson Reuters Financial Insights data from 20 law firms …
2023 Report on the State of the Legal Market: 10 Takeaways
A year of uncertainty awaits law firms, with multiple factors threatening profitability, including falling demand and productivity, rising expenses, shifting client outlooks, and inflation. These are among the findings of the 2023 Report on the State of the Legal Market, issued today by the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law and …
