Published Research

In addition to our flagship Law Department Operations Survey, the Blickstein Group team has a long history of delivering the most comprehensive research, insights and analysis on law departments, legal operations, and legaltech issues. The team has decades of experience developing highly regarded surveys and other research instruments for the legal industry, including:

Law Department Operations Survey

The 2023 Survey Report is entitled, “The Evolving Legal Service Delivery Model – Generative AI Is Already Changing Expectations.” The yearly survey is created and published by Blickstein Group with the advisory board of LDOs from Fortune 300 companies, who consult on the survey.

Legal Pricing & Project Management Survey Report

Produced by the Legal Value Network and Blickstein Group, the 3rd Annual Legal Pricing and Project Management Survey, created in collaboration with Intapp, delivers the most in-depth data set ever for legal pricing and project management professionals. That by itself would make it valuable.

Modernize Legal: Practice Modernization Field Study

The Practice Modernization Field Study covers the modernization of legal practice in major firms. It queries different groups within law firms that share some common (and some competing) interests. Each group is deeply affected by the decisions and actions of the others and they all face barriers to giving and receiving clear signals on what they need to play their parts. This work is designed to help them hear and understand each other.

‍Marching Toward Data-Driven Business Development

A look at the use of outside data sources by law firm CMOs to identify new opportunities and win business from existing and prospective clients.

Digital Insights & Risk Management Study

A comprehensive report that examines the extent to which organizations are recognizing the high stakes of data and effectively managing digital risk.

Law Department Operations Technology Survey: The Journey to Modernization

This report explores and highlights how corporate legal teams surveyed are approaching their own unique journey of modernizing the legal department, with the hope it offers guideposts for others.

Legal AI Efficacy Report

The industry’s first and only independent, comprehensive investigation of specific problems AI-powered legal tools claim to solve and how effective they are in actually solving them.