legal industry research & business insights.

From September – October 2020 we surveyed 250 legal finance professionals, in conjunction with BigHand, to uncover the latest trends in legal pricing strategies, including the impact of COVID-19, the rising demands for client pricing transparency, and the need to improve people, process and technology in response.

The Associations Matter 2020 COVID-19 Member Impact Survey was conducted on behalf of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA). The purpose of the survey was to help ALPMA better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the profession and individual legal firms.

ALPMA and The Centre for Legal Innovation at The College of Law (CLI) have joined together to undertake one of the most comprehensive surveys of the emerging professions in legal practice in Australasia.

The results of the research ‘First Impressions Convert: Increasing Law Firm Profitability From the First Touch-point’ has revealed some significant and very expensive service failings amongst Australian law firms.

The 2017 ALPMA / Crowe Horwath benchmarking survey of NZ law firms shows the sector is expecting an average of 5 per cent growth in the next financial year - building on gross profit margins that currently average nearly 75 per cent.

Our research shows that law firms rate referrals and relationships as the most effective form of generating new business - so the 2016 ALPMA/Julian Midwinter & Associates (JMA) Marketing & Business Development Benchmarking research takes a deeper dive into this critical subject for law firm success.