Research & reports
Data the legal market can act on.
In-depth research on legal hiring, compensation and talent — drawn from our market mapping and cited public data. Free to download with a short registration.
The U.S. Legal Leverage Atlas 2026
How many associates sit behind every partner — mapped across every major U.S. and U.K. legal market, by metro, by practice, and across the Atlantic. Drawing on …
- Associate-to-partner leverage
- Metro & practice-area structure
- US vs UK transatlantic inversion
- Partnership track & odds
Where the Talent Is: The 2026 Practice × Metro Atlas
Every practice has a city, and every city has a practice. This Atlas maps the legal talent supply of the major U.S. and U.K. markets onto a practice-by-metro gr…
- Practice × metro matrix
- Densest-metro concentration index
- The three legal capitals
- The Houston energy cluster
The Compliance & Regulatory Talent Outlook 2026
The compliance bar is small, senior and geographically concentrated — and that structure, not sentiment, is what makes it a seller's market. Drawing on a propri…
- Compliance bar size & seniority
- Geographic concentration
- The DC premium
- CCO pay & the JD premium
Where the Talent Is: The 2026 Practice × Metro Atlas
The biggest legal market is rarely the deepest market for your practice. This Atlas maps where each practice actually concentrates across the major U.S. and U.K…
- Practice × metro concentration
- Densest city per practice
- The Houston energy case
- Transatlantic practice mix
The 2026 Legal Hiring Structural Report
Demand you can act on. This report ties the structure of the legal market — which practices are largest, which are most leveraged, where the seats physically ar…
- Practice-area scale
- Leverage exposure
- Live demand by practice & city
- Rate-driven vs volume-driven growth