Leopard Solutions which provides a leading competitive intelligence and business development  platform, has released their 2020 State of the Legal Industry Report which examines law firm hiring trends since the beginning of the pandemic.
A copy of the report is available at this link.
Webinar Today. They are also hosting  a webinar today Thursday March 4th at 12 PM. Register for the Legal Industry Annual Report Webinar at this link,
Topics will include:

The effects of COVID-19 on the legal industry
Lateral hiring at the partner and associate levels among the top 200 law firms in 2020
Law firm mergers and acquisition activity
Law firm growth trends over the past year
How law firms are doing in diversity efforts
How technology has impacted lateral hiring
Predictions for what 2021 may bring for the legal market
Insights from some of the leading professionals in the legal industry

Speakers:
-Laura Leopard, Founder & CEO
Leopard Solutions

– Trish Lilley, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer
Stroock Stroock & Lavan

– Jeffrey A. Lowe, Global Practice Leader – Law Firm Practice Managing Partner
Major, Lindsey & Africa

– Andrew Slade, Senior Manager of Growth & Analytics
Perkins Coie LLP

Moderated by Phil Flora, VP, Sales & Marketing, Leopard Solution

Laura Leopard sums up their findings:” 2020 was a tale of what could have been and what was. The year started off as a continuation of the previous years in terms of growth until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Firms reacted to market conditions and responded to the growing needs of their clients as the year ended, attorney hiring pulled backed up allowing firms to end the year in a much better position than many had expected at the start of the pandemic .”