LibGuides: Legal Research Fundamentals: Researching Employers

There is no magical way to research employers. However, there are a number of resources available to the Penn Law Community that may be useful.

Students should reach out to Penn Law's Office of Career Strategy for expert advice on job searching!

Key Resources

Vault
You will first need to register for an account with your Penn Law email address (enter your Penn Law email address on the right-hand side of the page under where it says New to Career Insider? and click Create an Account).
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Use Vault to gain overviews and rankings of law firms.

Law360 This link opens in a new window
News source covering the entire spectrum of legal practice areas. Provides coverage of high-stakes litigation; real-time tracking and reports on thousands of companies, firms and industries; and expert analysis from attorneys at top firms.
Bloomberg Law This link opens in a new window
Research platform that combines traditional legal resources with Bloomberg's suite of business analytical tools and reports. Create an account using your law school email address.

National Law Journal
Provides timely legal information, including federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners columns, coverage of legislative issues, and legal news from the business and private sectors.

Leadership Connect This link opens in a new window
Online directory providing individual and organizational contact information for government, business, legal, media, and nonprofit organizations. Formerly Leadership Library

Here are some resources that may provide useful information on judges.

Leadership Library
A "yellow book" resource to which the library subscribes.
Judge Analytics
Use data visualizations to identify patterns and increase predictability for Federal judges and appellate judges in New York, California, Florida, Illinois, and Delaware (list current as of April 2016 - more states coming soon). Sign up for an Educational Account using your Penn Law email to get started.
Westlaw's Profiler
Lexis Litigation Profile Suite
Bloomberg's People Search
Law360
News source covering the entire spectrum of legal practice areas. Provides coverage of high-stakes litigation; real-time tracking and reports on thousands of companies, firms and industries; and expert analysis from attorneys at top firms. Access to Law360 is also available via Lexis Advance.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a search engine for case law and scholarly articles. Add Penn as a Library Link in Google Scholar Settings to retrieve full-text publications and legal materials

Search Secondary Sources
Search secondary sources for materials written by or about a specific individual.

Vault
You will first need to register for an account with your Penn Law email address (enter your Penn Law email address on the right-hand side of the page under where it says New to Career Insider? and click Create an Account).
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Use Vault to gain overviews and rankings of law firms.

Bloomberg Law This link opens in a new window
Research platform that combines traditional legal resources with Bloomberg's suite of business analytical tools and reports. Create an account using your law school email address.

Hoover's
An online site featuring IPOs (initial public offerings), basic information on the companies, weekly feature company profiles, and links to companies' S-1 filings. Search by company name on the default main page, or use the Build A List function to search/screen for companies by industry classification, geography, sales, etc.
NALP Directory of Legal Employers
The NALP Directory of Legal Employers provides a comprehensive and free solution for researching legal employers throughout the US, with specific information on law firms, government agencies, public interest organizations, and corporations, including lawyer demographics, practice areas, compensation and benefits, diversity and inclusion practices, and other valuable information about legal employers.
Martindale
A useful directory of lawyers and law firms.
National Law Journal
Provides timely legal information, including federal circuit court decisions, verdicts, practitioners columns, coverage of legislative issues, and legal news from the business and private sectors.
Researching Private Practice Employers
See these links provided by CP&P for more regional resources and other directories.