Table of Contents:
Findings in Text:
- The number of lawyers in the study were 240.
- The breakdown of lawyers between gender and position include:
- Female / Associates – 60
- Female / Partners – 60
- Male / Associates – 60
- Male / Partners – 60
- Total lawyers on LinkedIn were 240.
- The percentage of lawyers who use LinkedIn is 88%.
- The percentage of lawyers on LinkedIn per position is:
- Partners – 91%
- Associates – 85%
- The percentage of lawyers on LinkedIn based on gender is:
- Male – 89%
- Female – 87%
- The average connections based on position are:
- Partners – 487
- Associates – 389
- The average connections based on gender are:
- Female – 440
- Male – 439
- The lawyer with the highest connections was: Scott Hay-Bartlem, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers (Australia) at 3,301 connections.
- A scoring system was creating for the study based on:
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- Profile – a 10-point scale (33.3% value)
- Profile Pic
- Position & Company
- Cover Photo
- Bio
- Experience
- Education
- Skills & Endorsements
- Publications
- Honours & Awards
- Media, Volunteer, or One Extra Accomplishment
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- Connections – 3-point scale (33.3% value)
- 1-100 connections – 1
- 101 – 500 connections – 2
- 500 or more connections – 3
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- Activity Score (30-day review) – 5-point scale (33.3% value)
- 1 activity
- 2 or more activities
- 2 or more activities & 1 post
- 2 or more activities & 2-7 posts
- 2 or more activities & 8 or more posts
- A scoring system was creating for the study based on:
- Scores per country were:
- Australia – 51.1% (Down from 53.2% last year)
- England – 48.4% (Up from 44.7% last year)
- Canada – 47.6% (Up from 46.9% last year)
- United States – 45.4% (Down from 48.3% last year)
- The highest scoring lawyers include:
- Meredith Mays Espino, Associate, Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg LLP – 97%
- Emma Carey, Partner, MSB Solicitors – 90% (England)
- Scott Hay-Bartlam, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward – 87% (Australia)
- Christopher Yan, Associate, Lawson Lundell LLP – 77% (Canada)
Interesting Findings
- The percentage of lawyers that use LinkedIn is up year over year: 87.9% (2018) vs. 86.7% (2017).
- More lawyers are producing content. Activity score went to 13.8% from 11.4%. This represents a 21% increase.
- The average amount of connections are up: 440 (2018) vs. 425 (2017)
- Changes in country scores year-over-year include:
- Australia – 51.1% (Down from 53.2% last year)
- England – 48.4% (Up from 44.7% last year)
- Canada – 47.6% (Up from 46.9% last year)
- United States – 48.4% (Down from 48.3% last year)
- For two years in a row, Australia performed highest amongst its peers.
- The study’s overall score was 48.4% an increase from 48.3% a year earlier.
Law Firms Selected
- Australia
- Allens (Large)
- HWL Ebsworth (Large)
- Clayton Utz (Large)
- Ashurst (Large)
- Russell Kennedy (Medium)
- Slater Gordon (Medium)
- Holding Redlich (Medium)
- Cooper Grace Ward (Medium)
- Swaab Attorneys (Small)
- Burke & Mead Lawyers (Small)
- Attwood Marshall Lawyers (Small)
- Marquee Lawyers (Small)
- Canada
- Blake Cassels Graydon LLP (Large)
- Stikeman Elliott LLP (Large)
- Fasken (Large)
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Large)
- Boughten Law Corporation (Medium)
- Clark Wilson LLP (Medium)
- Farris, Vaughn, Wills & Murphy LLP (Medium)
- Lawson Lunell LLP (Medium)
- Watson Goepel LLP (Small)
- Mann Lawyers (Small)
- Kelly Santini LLP (Small)
- Lawson Creamer Lawyers (Small)
- England
- Clifford Chance (Large)
- Allen & Overy (Large)
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (Large)
- Herbert Smith Freehills (Large)
- Ashfords LLP (Medium)
- Michelmores LLP (Medium)
- Stone King LLP (Medium)
- Royds Withy King Solicitors (Medium)
- MSB Solicitors (Small)
- Cooke, Young, & Keidan LLP (Small)
- Myerson Solicitors (Small)
- Farleys Solicitors LLP (Small)
- United States
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Large)
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Large)
- Latham & Watkins LLP (Large)
- Schiff Hardin LLP (Large)
- Williams & Connolly LLP (Medium)
- Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (Medium)
- Swanson Martin & Bell LLP (Medium)
- Kelley Kronenberg (Medium)
- Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. (Small)
- Heidman Law Firm (Small)
- Stafford Rosenbaum LLP (Small)
- Rosen Law Firm (Small)
Terms of Reference
- Points #1-16 from the 2017 study were used as the Terms of Reference for this study.