Golden Rules for Client Referees

Golden Rules for Client Referees

When the research cycle kicks off, it means the submission season is well and truly underway.  It also means, no doubt, that lots of you are panicking.  You may be wondering whether you’re ready, and if not, where you should be focusing your energy. The answer is very simple, and involves two words: client referees. Feedback from your client referees is the...

Tips for Successful Submissions

Tips for Successful Submissions

There are two main elements to the directories process:  completing the submission itself and identifying client referees. This article provides some guidance and direction for handling each of these elements. Drafting the submission: Use the submission form provided. Chambers has a “submission template” that can be found on its website...

A Beginner’s Guide to Chambers USA

A Beginner’s Guide to Chambers USA

Chambers USA is a guide produced by the U.K.-based legal publisher Chambers and Partners.  It identifies the best lawyers and law firms in the U.S. in a variety of practice areas; essentially, it’s the legal industry’s version of the Michelin Guide to the best restaurants.  Chambers bases its evaluations on formal submissions completed by law firms (more on that later)...