Associates Survey 2009: “In our annual midlevel associates survey, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates rate their firms as workplaces. We examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction.” To find out how third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level of the work, training and guidance, policy on billable hours, management’s openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm’s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents’ inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions.”
THE CHARTS

Associates Survey 2009: National Rankings

• Associates Survey 2009: Results by City
• Associates Survey 2009: Results by Size – Am Law 100 and Global 100 Firms
• Associates Survey 2009: Results by Size – The Am Law Second Hundred
• Associates Survey 2009: Results by Size – Non-Am Law 100 Firms
• Associates Survey 2009: Firms from A to K; from L to Z