The Annual Law Department Operations Survey was created in 2008 to give law departments a consistent platform to benchmark themselves and shed light on the emerging profession of law department management. It is the largest, oldest and most comprehensive law department operations survey in the marketplace, with more than 300 unique data points and more than a hundred different responding law departments.

The yearly survey is created and published by the Blickstein Group, in cooperation with Consilio. The advisory board, headed by David Cambria, director of global operations – law, compliance and government relations, Archer Daniels Midland Company, consists of LDOs from Fortune 300 companies and consults on the survey.

Consilio has contributed as the name sponsor since the inaugural survey. Other sponsors for 2018 are Alphaserve, QuisLex, Wolters Kluwer, Yerra Solutions, Exterro, HighQ, iManage, Legal Decoder, and Onit. Our media partner is Above the Law.

The 2018 Survey Report, “The End of Duopoly,” can be downloaded here.

Please contact Brad Blickstein if you are interested in purchasing the full results package.

Previous Survey Reports:

• 10th Anniversary Report – Decoding a Decade of Data to Map the LDO Journey
• 2017 – The LDO Function Matures to Take on New Challenges
• 2016 – Taking on New Levels of Responsibility and Gaining Respect
• 2015 – Trying to Take the Leap from Small Changes to Major Disruptions
• 2014 – Creating Predictability and Security in an Increasingly Unsafe World
• 2013 – Bottom Line Remains Top of Mind
• 2012 – Based in Legal, with Enterprise-Wide Influence
• 2011 – Business Pressures Put the Onus on Operations
• 2010 – Demonstrating Value in a Challenging Environment
• 2009 – Thinking Strategically, Acting Programmatically
• 2008 – Operations Directors Earn the Right to Sit at the Table