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It's now been 10 years since the economic crisis of 2008, and just under 10 years since we saw the greatest dip in demand for services experienced by the legal market. The market has stabilized since then, but growth has remained, year-over-year, flat. The Thomson Reuters 2018 Report on the State of the Legal Market shows this trend will continue as we see a market characterized by flat to sluggish growth, a continued decline in productivity, modest rate increases and the continued downward pressure on realization. (A free copy of the report can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/2oaRwbz.)
While over the past 10 years, firms have started to get a handle on their expenses, The State of the Legal Market Report notes a slight uptick in expenses overall for firms — and while this is likely a result of raising associates' pay, it does shine a light that firm's expenses are an area of evolving and necessary strategic thinking. What, if anything, are firms missing when it comes to strategically controlling expenses? Similarly, what, if anything, could firms be doing to improve recovery of costs? Are firms recovering for new areas of support? If so, how?
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