Legal Talent & Resourcing Report 2025

How to Solve The Million Dollar Problem: Legal resourcing lessons from industry experts

This session brings to life the key findings from the 2025 BigHand Resource Management Report, diving into:

• 27% Annual Attrition: The Million Dollar Problem
  Senior Associates, Non-Equity Partners, and Equity Partners are leaving at alarming rates, costing firms billable hours, client relationships, and institutional knowledge.
  Firm profits are taking a direct hit from talent loss.
  
  
• 45% of Firms Lack Full Visibility into Lawyer Skillsets
  Without clear data, partners waste time resourcing matters, bias creeps into allocation decisions, and development opportunities are missed.
  Firms are flying blind, and it’s costing them time, talent, and trust.
  
  
• 97% of Firms Report Increased Client Attrition
  In a volatile market, clients are cutting budgets or switching firms.
  Lawyer retention and smarter resourcing are now critical to protecting revenue and reputation.

Speakers:

Alex Tring Director of Operations – Resource Management, BigHand

David Jones Business Development Director, BigHand

Resourcing for Results: Driving Profitability, Retention and Client Satisfaction with Technology

This session explores how law firms are moving from reactive resourcing to strategic, tech-enabled planning, and seeing real business outcomes as a result.

We’ll explore:

• 84% of Firms Struggle with Manual Task Delegation
  The reliance on verbal requests, static spreadsheets, or blanket emails to allocate work makes it difficult to track who is doing what, leading to imbalanced workloads, work being done at the wrong level, and missed development opportunities.
  
  → BigHand enables real-time visibility of firm-wide workloads and skillsets to ensure lawyers are more equally utilized and work is being done by the right resource, at the right cost.
  
  
• Only 22% of Firms Use a Structured, Tech-Supported Approach to Resourcing
  Most firms still take an inconsistent, reactive approach to resourcing which often results in the same people being overburdened while others lack access to meaningful work, contributing to high levels of burnout, over- and under-utilization, and ultimately, increased attrition.
  
  → BigHand enables lawyers to flag their skills, experience, and aspirations, and voice interest in areas they want to work on, so they can develop skills, enhance their careers and gain equal access to career-enhancing opportunities.
  
  
• Lawyers Spend 3–4 Hours/Week on Internal Admin
  That’s up to 200 hours per lawyer per year, time that could be billable.
  
  → BigHand gives partners a quicker and easier way to resource their matters, freeing up their time for billable work, business development, and client engagement.

Speakers:

Alex Robertson Senior Lead Consultant – Resource Management, BigHand