ALM and American Bar Foundation to Collaborate on Research on Legal Profession.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- ALM, a leading media company serving legal and business professionals, today announced a collaborative research agreement with the American Bar Foundation Established in 1952, the American Bar Foundation (ABF) is an independent, nonprofit national research institute located in Chicago, Illinois committed to objective empirical research on law and legal institutions. , an independent, nonprofit national research institute committed to objective empirical research Noun 1. empirical research - an empirical search for knowledge inquiry, research, enquiry - a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received" on law and legal institutions. The relationship will provide the ABF ABF Arbetarnas BildningsFörbund ABF American Breakfast (Thailand Hotels) ABF Associated British Foods plc (London, UK) ABF Association des Bibliothecaires Francais (French) with full access to the ALM Research(TM) database containing the company's industry survey and research data, including Am Law 200[R] law firm financial data, as well as NLJ NLJ National Law Journal NLJ National Liberty Journal NLJ Nested Loop Join 250[R] and Diversity Scorecard([R]) demographic information. The ABF will establish a new working group of academic researchers who will use ALM's industry-leading data to conduct further research and analysis of law firm business and practice, covering topics such as financial performance and lawyer mobility, as well as law firm and practice group awareness. In addition, ALM will have rights to use ABF working group reports in its legal magazines and newspapers, and to market the reports and other work developed based on ALM data. ALM expects to use the interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in databases and new data subsets resulting from the ABF's work to support new editorial initiatives and reporting, create new database products, and guide the development of new research projects and custom research reports. "Our agreement with the ABF will provide members of the profession and ALM with analysis of leading industry data by some of the nation's top researchers in the field," said William Pollak, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ALM. "We expect that their work will yield insights into professional trends that can serve as the basis for both new editorial efforts and additional data gathering by ALM Research." Established in 1952, the American Bar Foundation is the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae resource for lawyers, scholars, and policy makers who seek insightful analyses of the theory and functioning of law, legal institutions, and the legal profession. Its program of sociolegal research is conducted by an interdisciplinary staff of research fellows trained in such diverse fields as law, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, history, and anthropology. The Foundation's work is supported by the American Bar The American Bar is a drinking establishment at the Savoy Hotel in London. Opened in 1898 when cocktail were being first introduced to London. The term American Bar comes from the 1930s when cocktails were first gaining popularity in the United States. Endowment, by The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, and by grants for particular research projects from private foundations and government agencies. ALM Research is a leading provider of business intelligence for and about the legal market. ALM Research offers detailed business information for and about the top U.S. and international law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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