2018 Azbee Awards of Excellence

Category

Overall Excellence > Website of the Year

Awarded to

Josh Block, Executive Producer; Casey Sullivan, Editor-at-Large; Gabe Friedman, Contributing Editor; Stephanie Russell-Kraft, Reporter; Rick Mitchell, Writer; Elizabeth Olson, Reporter; Max Siegelbaum; Reporter

Entry details

Big Law Business

Issue date (if applicable): 
Publication name: Big Law Business
Publishing company: Bloomberg BNA
Website home page: https://biglawbusiness.com/

Please describe the publication's mission and readership:

Big Law Business focuses on the business of law. Through digital and live channels, we feature original editorial content. We report on the significant developments shaping how the largest corporate law departments and their law firms do business, and share perspectives from contributors in the industry. Our national audience is comprised of leaders at in-house law departments, large law firms and legal technology, outsourcing, and consulting companies. Big Law Business serves as a community for discussion, engaging with legal industry leaders, and informing on cutting edge legal market trends. The website also publishes relevant business of law stories from Bloomberg Law, and Bloomberg Media; a comprehensive one-stop shop for all legal business news from Bloomberg properties.

Our coverage primarily targets lawyers and C-suite executives at large U.S. law firms and in-house legal departments, as well as consultants and other vendors in the legal industry. Our readership is centered in the United States, with pockets of readers scattered throughout the world: Asia, Europe, Canada, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere.

Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:

The enterprising work that went into this entry includes articles and columns covering law school graduate salaries, general counsel and law firm partner compensations, the largest immigration law firm in the U.S., legal media layoffs, gender disparity in the legal industry, law department efforts to change billing practices and law firm closures among many other topics.

Big Law Business is most interested in the issues that matter to the lawyers and professionals who manage the largest law firms and corporate legal departments. This includes breaking news about large law firm mergers, significant partner moves and leadership changes, law firm bankruptcies, insights into how technology is changing the delivery of legal services, how in-house counsel are approaching their work, and all the ways in which litigation and new regulations are changing the legal business landscape. The site also publishes profiles of prominent in-house counsel and law firm leaders to provide insights into their viewpoints and how they are conducting business.

Big Law Business produces original articles, podcasts, and videos, as well as events and a daily newsletter. Bloomberg Law’s news staff provide Big Law Business with additional legal industry coverage, and the site publishes relevant business of law stories that appear on Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Bloomberg Radio and TV. Big Law Business also features columnists who offer up their observations about what it means to work in the legal market today and commentary on the most noteworthy trends, events and ideas.

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Entry URL(s), if applicable:
https://biglawbusiness.com/law-schools-ranked-by-their-graduates-salaries/
https://biglawbusiness.com/largest-immigration-law-firm-in-u-s-is-busy-very-busy/
https://biglawbusiness.com/alm-lays-off-senior-editors/
https://biglawbusiness.com/mistaken-for-the-court-reporter-litigating-as-a-woman/
https://biglawbusiness.com/microsoft-announces-plans-to-nearly-phase-out-billable-hour/
https://biglawbusiness.com/pwcs-takeover-of-the-worlds-best-tax-law-firm/
https://biglawbusiness.com/in-house-compensation-report-top-30-money-earners/
https://biglawbusiness.com/dla-pipers-cyber-attack-and-why-it-matters/
https://biglawbusiness.com/why-women-leave-big-law-to-start-their-own-firms/
https://biglawbusiness.com/top-black-lawyers-share-advice-with-young-attorneys-of-color/

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