People Count™ Law is a unique human resources benchmarking study designed specifically for the UK law sector in partnership with HR in Law, and led by a Steering Group of HR Directors.

By taking part in People Count™ Law, you will get a clear picture of how the HR processes in your firm compare with those in other UK law firms.

To participate in the study please click here.

Participation in the study involves filling out a questionnaire, and on completion you will receive a series of detailed reports, including a firm scorecard which sets out how your firm's performance compares with 7 or more of your chosen peers and with the sector as a whole. This provides a powerful, tailor-made tool which you can use to contribute to performance improvement and cost management. The reports also contain examples of initiatives from high performing firms involved in the study.

As a new service we are also offering a one-to-one telephone consultation to all participants as part of the subscription. This will assist you in the process of effectively interpreting and applying your results.

86 firms took part in 2006 and 2007, including 60% of the top 50 firms and over 50% of the top 100* firms. To create our 2008 database we will combine the data from 2008 with that of 2007 in order to give you a wide range of firms to choose from when selecting your peers. Peers can be selected on the basis of size (rank and number of UK Fee Earners) and geographical location.

Benefits experienced by participants:

• Provides early warning signs of potential issues
  
• Gives reassurance for what is already working well
  
• Helps determine priorities for action
  
• Useful in setting meaningful and realistic targets
  
• Provides an opportunity to gain new insights on good practice and how to achieve it
  
• Enhance your ability to report back to senior management.

Previous participants have found the reports useful for ‘reflecting against peer firms’, ‘highlighting issues’, ‘helping shape plans’ and to ‘focus on key areas for improvement’.To read more comments from previous participants, please see the recommendations page.

Key topics covered include:

• Firm leverage and staffing ratios
• Staffing levels and costs: HR, Business development, IT, Finance, Facilities
• Diversity
• Recruitment and Selection
• Retention
• Learning and Development
• Performance Management
• Absence Management
• Employee Relations

To participate in People Count™ Law please click here.