legal industry research & business insights.

In 2016, 252 Australian law firms from across Australia, employing 10,153 people completed the survey.

In 2015 more than 100 firms participated in the study. Participants will be provided with a log-in to Open Measures, Crowe Horwath's powerful benchmarking tool, to interrogate their results and visualise their performance to similar firms across eight key performance indicators on 23 February, 2016.

The 2015 law firm marketing and business development research focused on understanding how well law firms are responding to the challenge of winning work in a digital world. The research explored which marketing and BD techniques (old and new) help law firms attract new clients and win new work, with a particular focus on identifying the most successful marketing and BD activities for generating new business enquiries.

The inaugural ALPMA/Crowe Horwath New Zealand Legal Industry Financial Performance Benchmarking study was conducted in July - August, 2015. Thirty firms from across New Zealand participated in the study. New ALPMA/Crowe Horwath survey shows financially healthy NZ legal sector planning for growth.

The 2015 ALPMA/LexisNexis research investigated what changes (if any) Australasian law firms plan to make over the next three years to: the markets they serve; their resourcing mix; marketing and business development strategies; internal systems and processes; legal services delivery model and strategic relationships - in order to position themselves for a successful future.

The inaugural ALPMA/McLeod Duminy New Zealand Legal Industry Salary & HR Issues Survey Report provides reliable information on salary trends for a comprehensive range of positions and experience levels at law firms across the country and helps firms benchmark their compensation strategy to like firms.

In 2015, 254 Australian law firms from across Australia, employing 9,239 people completed the survey.

ALPMA/JMA Study finds law firms struggling with ineffective marketing & BD. The online research was conducted in September, 2014, and attracted more than 150 participants from law firms across Australasia. The final report "Taking the Pulse: Benchmarking Business Development & Marketing at Australasian Law Firms" is now available.

The results from the 2014 ALPMA/LexisNexis research "The Impact of the Changing Legal Landscape on Australasian Law Firms" were presented by LexisNexis at the opening session of the ALPMA Summit on Thursday 28 August at the Melbourne Crown Convention Centre.