Lateral Link Survey: Associate Survey
Your participation in this nationwide attorney opinion survey is appreciated. Your responses will be kept confidential and results will be reported only on an aggregate/group basis.
Practice Area
1.
Here are some ways in which work is assigned in practice areas. In your practice area, would you say that:
Most typically you are responsible for finding work (e.g. a free-market system)
An attorney in your practice area most typically does the assigning
A non-attorney manager most typically does the assigning
2.
What is your practice area? (check your response)
Corporate
Litigation
IP
Real Estate
Labor
Bankruptcy
Tax
Other (please indicate)
3.
Is your practice a generalist practice in the sense that you can do any sort of work within your practice area? (check your response)
Yes
No
4.
Generally speaking, are you allowed to do work for any other practice area(s) aside from your own practice area? (check your response)
Yes
No
5.
Typically, your practice area is perceived as: (check your response)
primarily supporting other practice groups in your firm
primarily perceived as a stand-alone group
Don't know
6.
Are you involved in the hiring process for your practice area? (check your response)
Yes
No
7.
In hiring attorneys for your practice group, how important is the law school attended by the candidate?
Extremely
Moderately
Somewhat
Limited
Not important
8.
In hiring attorneys for your practice group, how important are the candidate's law school grades?
Extremely
Moderately
Somewhat
Limited
Not important
9.
What other factors, if any, weigh heavily in the hiring decision?
10%