As we shut out 2025, we’ve compiled some highlights from the info collected via our surveys and different analysis over the past yr:
- No. of contributors in ATL surveys: 7,591
- No. of surveys carried out: 13
- No. of instances somebody cursed at us in a survey response: 16 (15 instances by the identical respondent)
- Variety of readers who responded to our Biglaw Intimidation Survey in April relating to the Trump administration’s efforts to retaliate in opposition to legislation companies primarily based on affiliation with the president’s perceived enemies: 857
- Share of these readers who agreed that legislation companies who make offers with the administration are “giving in to extortion:” 91%
- Proportion of in-house counsel who reported that their workday is burdened by administrative tasks that detract from high-level authorized work: 88%
- Share of associates surveyed in October who reported being on track to bill no less than 2100 hours for the yr: 45%
- The proportion of legislation agency respondents who mentioned hourly billing will better drive alignment between legislation companies and in-house authorized groups: 26%
- Share of in-house respondents who mentioned the identical factor: 5%
- The legislation college with the most alumni on the federal bench: Harvard (121 sitting judges as of June 10, 2025)
- The only law school to make the Top 5 in ATL’s Law School Rankings in every of the final 10 years: College of Chicago
- Share of legislation agency companions who learn Above the Regulation through the workday: 56%
- Share of in-house counsel who do: 70%
- Essentially the most important pattern reshaping the authorized trade over the following 5 years, in keeping with legal professionals and authorized professionals: Elevated use of AI and automation
- Ratio of readers who need “extra snark” on ATL to those that need much less: 3 to 2
