Category Archives: Legal Industry

Complete list of Canadian Attorney Look-Ups

Posted on September 22, 2013 by zimmermansguide

I want to thank Christine DeLuca of Bennett  Jones SLP in Toronto for her sla-dleg listserv post of 9/10/2013, which provided great info on locating Canadian attorneys.   Among other things, Christine listed the attorney look-ups for each province and territory, and I have added … Continue reading →

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Two more sources for legal staff compensation data

Posted on April 22, 2012 by zimmermansguide

I added the LMA Roles and Compensation Survey and the AALL Salary Survey  to the list of sources for “Legal Staff” salary and benefits data in the Compensation entry.

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Compensation data for lawyers and those of us who work for them

Posted on March 11, 2012 by zimmermansguide

Marianne H. Purzycki, the librarian at the Hildebrandt Institute, carefully reviewed, updated and reorganized the “Lawyers” section of the Compensation entry into three parts: Lawyers—Corporate Counsel;  Lawyers—Private Practice; and Legal Staff.  There were so many resources I put them into bulleted lists so it … Continue reading →

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Inside source for law firm billing rate data

Posted on January 5, 2012 by zimmermansguide

One more for the Law Firms entry:  I added the Serengeti Matter Benchmark Reports on WestlawNext to the list of sources for billing rate information.  Serengeti makes their real money analyzing law firm invoices for in-house counsel.   The Matter Benchmark … Continue reading →

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Law Firms entry ready for 2012

Posted on January 4, 2012 by zimmermansguide

We’re starting off 2012 with a bang — Marianne Purzycki, the librarian at the Hildebrandt Institute, carefully reviewed and updated the Law Firms entry.  I spent Monday afternoon entering Marianne’s suggestions, and the result is a much better entry.   Thank … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: Holiday Edition

Posted on December 25, 2011 by zimmermansguide

Happy holidays!  I didn’t do the best job keeping track of my edits this week, but new stuff includes: District of Columbia – Judicial Branch entry — Added the Daily Washington Law Reporter’s Opinions on Demand Service as a source for D.C. Superior Court Decisions … Continue reading →

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Corporate counsel en Français

Posted on September 18, 2011 by zimmermansguide

This week I was asked to identify the General Counsel of a French company.   The job got much easier once I learned that the French term for General Counsel is “Directeur Juridique.”  The term was not listed in Dahl’s or … Continue reading →

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European law firm rankings

Posted on June 12, 2011 by zimmermansguide

Thanks to Bonnie Jordan at William Blair & Company for pointing out the U.K. 200 and the European 100, two law firm rankings by The Lawyer, a London-based magazine that looks to me like The American Lawyer for the other side … Continue reading →

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Law firm memos on TheCorporateCounsel.net

Posted on February 16, 2011 by zimmermansguide

Brittany Persson, Reference/Acquisitions Librarian at Seton Hall Law School, wrote in to say that TheCorporateCounsel.net has law firm memos.  That’s a good tip, and I added it to the “Publications” section of the Law Firms entry.

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Law firm memos arranged by topic

Posted on January 8, 2011 by zimmermansguide

The “Publications” section of the Law Firms entry covers those surprisingly helpful articles that law firms post on their web sites.   I just added in a link to Mondaq, a relatively new service that makes it easy to look up those articles … Continue reading →

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