Primary Research Group Inc. has published the Survey of Lawyers at Major Law Firms, Plans to Donate to Law Schools, ISBN 979-8-88517-123-6

This study looks closely at the history and intentions of lawyers at top 100 law firms in the USA to donate to their law school alma maters and other law schools. The study includes data on the percentage of lawyers who have ever donated to their law school alma mater, as well as a separate data set about contributions to law schools other than the one attended. In addition, the report presents data on the amounts contributed over the past two years and expected over the next two years.

In addition, the study pinpoints those area of law school philanthropy that most interests attorneys at major law school, with separate data sets measuring interest in supporting pro bono/legal clinics, student scholarships, endowed chairs and other faculty support, or specific legal centers or institutes.

The report also measures how many attorneys have been recently approached by law schools for financial support, giving specific data for approaches by email, social media, text, phone or mail.

Data in the reports is based on a sample of 221 attorneys at 65 major US law firms. Data is broken out by gender, work title, age, law school ranking, predominant area of legal practice and other variables.

Just a few of this report’s many findings are that:

• 24.02% of respondents have been contacted by phone by their old law school in the past year to be asked for a donation.
• Lawyers specializing in general finance and banking and in mergers/acquisitions and private equity, were the least likely to have donated.
• Partners were more than twice as likely as associates to have donated
• On average, women contributed more than men.

A PDF edition of this report is currently available directly from Primary Research Group for $195.00; a print version will be available on Jan 19th, 2023. Site licenses are also available. For a table of contents, the questionnaire and an excerpt – view the product page for this report at: https://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=742

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