2012 Knowledge Management Survey Results
What is your entity type? Law Firm
Corporate Law Department
Government Agency
Other 7% 3% 1%
For firms/ law departments with multiple offices, how is KM spread across the organization?
How many attorneys are in your firm/law department?
<51
51-250 251-500 501-1,000 >1,000
3% 26% 23% 32% 16% To what department does KM report?
Human Resources Information Technology
In how many countries does the firm/law department have offices?
1 2
3-5 6-10 >10
31% 19% 23%
13.5% 13.5%
Management Records
Senior administrative management, e.g., CAO, COO
management, e.g. managing partner, or partner responsible for KM, GC or CLO
Senior legal 1% 25% 36% Library
Marketing/ Business Development
2% 0% 22% 14%
Largely centralized in one office and supporting that office with little happening in other locations
Largely centralized in one office but supporting all locations
Decentralized with each location driving its own KM initiatives
14%
Is KM a separate department at your firm/law department?
89%
Yes No
51% 49%
11%
75%
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