ALM is known for surveys and rankings that profile the legal profession such as the Am Law 100, NLJ 500, Global 100 and Diversity Scorecard. What you may not know is that ALM has nearly 150 such surveys, rankings and reports, tracking everything from law firm revenue to lateral moves to workplace diversity to pro bono service, and that some of this research data goes back 30 years.
Now ALM has launched a tool called Legal Compass that provides access to not only all of its data, but that is also pulling in data from external sources such as lawyers’ LinkedIn profiles and law firm Twitter accounts and mashing it all together in a variety of useful charts, graphics and visualizations. The tool currently tracks information on some 16,000 law firms, 300,000 lawyers and 4,000 companies, with more being added on a continuing basis.



