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Survey Overview
Managing independent minded and talented law professionals is always challenging. This is especially true when it comes to their compensation, where perceptions of value may differ from market reality.
Empsight's CLCM Survey has become the largest in-house law compensation survey of its kind in the US. In 2007 it included 205 Participants with an average participant revenue size in excess of $21 Billion. The survey reports data on base salary, annual bonus, long term incentives, and multiple sub-cuts. The survey also provides useful legal spending and staffing analyses.
Last Year's Survey at a Glance *
* 2007 Corporate Law Compensation & Management Survey Report
Survey Schedule
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Survey Input Deadline |
May 15 |
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Input Materials Available |
February |
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Survey Publication - Electronic Output Available |
August |
Information Reported
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Positions |
- General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
- Deputy General Counsel
- Assistant General Counsel
- Top Legal Executive - Division
- 2nd Level Legal Executive - Division
- Corporate Secretary (Not General Counsel)
- General Counsel - Subsidiary of Foreign Parent
- Expert Counsel
- Managing Attorney
- Senior Attorney
- Intermediate Attorney
- Associate Attorney
- Developing Associate
- Paralegal Manager
- Senior Paralegal
- Paralegal
- Contract Negotiator (Non-Lawyer)
- Senior Contract Administrator (Non-Lawyer)
- Contract Administrator (Non-Lawyer)
- Director Administration
- Manager of Administration
- Law Librarian
- Executive Assistant to the General Counsel
- Senior Administrative Assistant - Legal
- Administrative Assistant - Legal
- Systems Administrator - Legal
- Records Administrator
- Patent / Docket Assistant
- Top Government Relations
- Top Government Relations Federal
- Top Government Relations State
- Top Compliance Executive (Worldwide)
- Second Level Compliance
- Senior Patent Agent
- Patent Agent |
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Data Elements |
Annual Base Salary
Incentive Elig %
Target Incentive %
Incentive Amount $
Total Cash All
Total Cash Incentive Paid
Incentive Elig %
Long Term Incentive Valuation
Total Direct Compensation
FLSA % Exempt |
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Scope |
Industry
Law Department Size
Revenue
Legal Specialty
Litigation
Geography
Law School Class
Law School Rank |
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Staffing Practices |
Merit Increase Budget
Law Department Size (Overall, Industry, Revenue)
Law Department Organization Structure
Key Ratios
Planned Increases / Decreases
Resource Deployment Plans
Recruiting Sources
Incentive Award Basis |
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Law Department Spending |
Worldwide and US Law Department Budget Analysis
Structure of Budget
Spending on Inside and Outside Resources
Spending on Litigation
Spending By Revenue, Industry, & Practice Area
Inside Staff Chargeable Time
Number and Hourly Rates of Outside Firms
Cost Management Practices | |
