According to the AmLaw Tech survey of the top 100 firms there is a 31:1
ration of attorneys to IS staff. This was published in the AmLaw Tech
Summer 1998 issue.
Ali Smeck wrote:
> Cross-posted to LAWLIB and PRIVATELAWLIB, please excuse duplication.
>
> Happy Friday!
> I am trying to track down IS/IT/Systems-staff-to-attorney ratios. I
> have done searches in the LAWPRAC, and ALLNEWS databases on Westlaw,
> LGLNEW and CMPCOM files in Lexis, and a bit of Internet searching.
> Although I have found brief mentions of figures (ranging from 900:1 to
> 45:1) , these are not quite helpful. My original suspicion, that these
> figures will be found in survey data, seems to be correct. HOWEVER, the
> two surveys I think would carry this data are not listed in OCLC, and
> the Philadelphia area has not yielded results thus far.
>
> Does anyone have either: the Support Staff Ratio Survey published by the
> National Survey Center (formerly jointly published with Hildebrandt) or
> the new The Lawyer/PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey that no one can seem
> to put an official title on? Or, if you happen to have these figure
> from any other source, I'd love that, too.
>
> As always, thanks so much in advance for any advice. Anyone interested
> in results, let me know!
>
> Sincerely,
> Desperate in Phila.
>
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> Ali Smeck
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> Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
> Philadelphia, PA
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