|
Atlantic Canada's top regional firm peer ranking Canadian Lawyer is asking senior lawyers, managing partners, and in-house counsel to weigh in on Atlantic Canada’s top 10 full-service, regional law firms. Your feedback will help us assemble rankings that will appear in the October issue of the magazine.
Please click here
to fill out the survey no later than August 13, 2010. Your
responses are completely confidential, and are the best way for us to
judiciously determine how the firms stack up. Thank you for helping make these important rankings possible.
Canadian Lawyer 2010 compensation survey
The Canadian Lawyer annual Compensation Survey is the only survey of its kind in Canada, providing unique insight into the ways in which partners, associates, and in-house counsel are compensated across the country. Trying to attract a new partner or associate? Check out our survey to ensure that your offer is attractive. Weighing the attractions of an offer? Again, our survey can help benchmark against the marketplace. And at annual compensation review time, our survey is indispensable for managing partners, chief legal officers, partners, associates and staff alike. This survey is now closed. Please look for the results in the September 2010 issue of Canadian Lawyer.
|
|
2010 Surveys |
|
June 2010 - The going rate |
|
 Canadian Lawyer’s 2010 legal fees survey shows practitioners have lowered fees for many services despite inflation and higher overheads. Read survey »
|
|
|
2009 Surveys |
|
November-December 2009 – Annual corporate counsel survey |
|
 Canadian Lawyer’s annual corporate counsel survey shows legal departments expect increased demand, but the bulk of the work will be done in-house as cost control remains a top priority.
Read survey » |
|
June 2009 - The going rate |
|
 Canadian Lawyer’s 2009 legal fees survey shows many sole practitioners and small firms have lowered their prices since last year. Read survey »
|
|
April 2009 - Software & Technology Product Guide |
|
 Our 26th annual directory gives you a detailed yet concise guide to the hundreds
of specialist software packages aimed at the Canadian market. Read survey »
|
|
Spring 2009 - 4Students Tell Us What You Did Last Summer Survey |
 While not everyone got free gym memberships and gourmet
lunches, most students say they benefitted from their summer work
experience. Read survey »
|
|
January 2009 - Law School Survey |
|
 Canadian Lawyer's new-style Law School Survey does away with rankings,
instead offering an overall review of each school with some input from
students and alumni.
Read survey »
|
|
|
2008 Surveys |
|
2008 November-December InHouse Counsel Survey |
|
 Room for improvement
Canadian Lawyer's annual survey of in-house counsel shows that 85 per cent of the time law departments don't rate the services of outside law firms as any more impressive than their rivals.
Read survey »
|
|
Canadian Lawyer Associates Survey |
|
Associates don't see partnership as the Holy Grail. Only 50 per cent of respondents to the Canadian Lawyer Associates survey on attitudes toward partnership say their goal is to become a partner in a law firm.
Read survey »
|
|
2008 July — The Going Rate |
|
Canadian Lawyer's 2008 legal fees survey gives a cross-section of who's charging what for their services across the country.
Read survey »
|
|
Software & technology product guide |
|
Canadian Lawyer's 25th annual Software Survey gives you a detailed yet concise guide to the hundreds of specialist software packages aimed at the Canadian market.
Read survey »
|
|
4Students ‘Tell us what you did last summer survey’ |
 The results are in. Students generally enjoyed their summer work experiences, with many of them doing lots of research and even being able to carry their own files at some firms. Read survey »
|
 Students give high marks to Canadian law schools.
Read survey »
|
|
|
2007 Surveys |
|
2007 Nov/Dec - Corporate Counsel Spending Survey |
|
 78% of in-house legal departments expect an increase in their overall legal budget in the next five years.
Read survey »
|
|
2007 April - Legal Software Survey |
 Our 24th annual Software Survey gives you a detailed yet concise guide to the hundreds of specialist software packages aimed at the Canadian market.
Read survey »
|
|
2007 January - Grading the Law Schools |
|
 One thing is clear when looking over the results of Canadian Lawyer’s annual Law School Survey: the nation’s future lawyers are fortunate to have such a top-notch collection of schools to choose from.
Read survey »
|
|
|
2006 Surveys |
|
2006 May - Annual Corporate Counsel Survey |
|
 Decreasing corporate budgets and fewer internal hires remain as trends in some sectors, but the growing demand for law departments to deal with regulatory reporting processes and internal compliance issues has meant in-house
lawyers are doing much more with much less.
Read survey » |
|
2006 April - Legal Software Survey |
|
 Our 23rd annual software survey gives you a detailed yet concise guide to the hundreds of specialist software packages aimed at the Canadian Market.
Read survey »
|
|
|
2005 Surveys |
|
2005 May - Corporate dividends |
|
 The economy has picked up, at least in some sectors, but corporate budgets and internal hiring patterns still continue to shrink. As a result, in-house counsel are contracting out just over 30 percent of work to outside counsel this year. There was some good news, though. Of those who responded to our survey, almost 90 percent are receiving annual bonuses and 40 percent are getting stock options, at levels much higher than last year.
Read survey »
|
|
2005 June - The 2005 Canadian Lawyer compensation survey |
|
 Times are getting tougher for solo practitioners and lawyers in small firms, according to our latest survey of lawyer and staff compensation. In 2005 so far, net profits are down almost 10 percent. Layoffs aren’t expected but neither are additional hirings. Starting salaries are higher in most years of call but salaries at the top end are much lower than last year.
The survey is the most recent information available. Read survey »
|
|
2005 September - The Going Rate |
|
 The legal fees landscape is changing, with alternate models, like tariffs and sliding scale fees, being used more often. Still, flat fees and hourly rates are the norm. Once again, we have asked lawyers across the country to tell us what they are charging for matters like wills, conveyances and divorces: the result is Canadian Lawyer’s latest update on ‘The Going Rate.’
Read survey »
|
|
2005 November/December - The new generation gap |
|
 Young lawyers are a different breed these days; they are openly challenging the demands made on new associates, refusing 90-hour work weeks and ever-more billable hours. Many are even walking away from the big salaries and bright futures at the largest firms. Partners take note.
Read survey »
|
|
2005 January - REPORT CARD on Canadian Law Schools |
|
 Most law schools drew high praise from their graduates. There are persistent concerns, however, about the balance between courses that emphasize theory and those that stress practical skills. Some graduates were also uneasy about rising tuition at some schools.
Read survey »
|
|
|
|
|
|
