A Guide to Benchmark Litigation USA
What is Benchmark Litigation about? Benchmark Litigation is a directory dedicated to the world’s leading litigation firms and lawyers. Unlike general legal directories, it focuses exclusively on dispute resolution specialists, covering firms and practitioners across different industry sectors. Rankings are determined through extensive interviews with litigators and their clients, alongside analysis of significant cases and […]
Webinar Watch: Chambers Europe 2026 Guide Launch
To mark the launch of its Europe 2026 Guide, Chambers hosted a webinar bringing together senior researchers and leading in-house counsel to discuss key trends shaping the legal market. The session featured Maria Barras, Chief Legal and Public Affairs Officer at Booking.com, and Lance Barthouw-Amius, General Counsel and Head of Legal Affairs Service at UNHCR, who shared […]
Empowering Women in Law: Navigating Legal Directories for Recognition and Growth
Legal directories such as Chambers, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000 continue to play an influential role in promoting women in law, recognising excellence, and supporting diversity and inclusion across the profession. As we move into 2026, these platforms have not only sustained their focus on gender representation, but have also expanded their methodologies and initiatives to better reflect evolving […]
Legal Directories: Inside the Rankings Process (NYC Briefing)
We’re bringing Legal Directories: Inside the Rankings Process to New York City. Join former Chambers editor and a Senior Editor at Tier One RankingsChris Lahr, for a focused breakfast briefing on what truly drives directory rankings, and how firms can position themselves more effectively ahead of the next submissions cycle. We’re pleased to share that Alek Tomasevic, Head […]
Chambers Global 2026 – Guide Launch Webinar
To mark the launch of its Global 2026 Guide, Chambers held a webinar on February 12th to discuss its findings. If you couldn’t make it, don’t panic; below are some key takeaways from the session. The webinar consisted of a panel that discussed some of Chambers’ major findings from its 2025-6 research and what are […]
IFLR1000 2026: Key Takeaways from This Year’s Webinar
If you joined the IFLR1000 webinar yesterday (or meant to and got pulled into just one more call), you weren’t alone. The session covered some meaningful changes for this research cycle—especially around submissions, practice areas, and lawyer nominations. Here’s our no-fluff breakdown of what actually matters, and what you should be thinking about now. What’s […]
Test Yourself – How Prepared for 2026 Submissions?
As we are preparing for the next round of submissions, now is the time to make sure you are ready. Whether you are new to directories and are looking to learn more, or if you are an experienced hand looking to refresh their knowledge, this quiz is for you. Take our True or False test […]
What the Legal 500-Mondaq Deal Means
Recently The Legal 500 announced its acquisition of Mondaq, signalling a major step in the legal directories market toward deeper data, analytics and client-insight capabilities. This development reflects a broader industry trend, a focus on data, readership-insight and intelligence tools across the global legal sector. Given the significance of this move, we caught up with […]
Webinar Watch: Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2026
Yesterday, 11 December 2025, saw the launch of the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026mrankings, signalling the end of both another year of research and another year of hard work by all those associated with the submissions process. The launch is, of course, a time to celebrate the great achievements of our colleagues. In some respects, it also […]
Summary of the “Elevating Submissions Through Ranking Analysis” webinar
On 19th November 2025, Tier One Rankings held a webinar on preparing for the submission cycle, presented by our Legal Directories Editor, Robert Charters. Specifically, the webinar looked at conducting an analysis in order to help set submission strategy. In case you couldn’t make it – or if you just wanted a written record of what […]