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Martindale-Hubbell Directory
This is a national directory of law firms listed by state, city and alphabetically by firm. It includes information about areas, practice, and biographies of each attorney listed.
NALP National Directory of Legal Employers
The National Association for Law Placement provides information on more than 1500 employers nationwide (by state and city).
VAULT
The Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms
Insider’s profiles of over 100 leading law firms. Vault Reports surveyed more than 1,000 lawyers and they provide exclusive prestige rankings, insider's information on pay, perks, working hours, selectivity, firm culture, and much more.
American Lawyer Media Research: http://www.law.com/career_center/lists_rankings.shtml
- American Lawyer 100: This website contains information such as gross revenues, profits, pro-bono, grades, and more for America’s highest-grossing firms. To obtain the numbers reported, the American Lawyer calls thousands of partners in an effort to get multiple sources on the data.
- American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard
  This publication ranks major law firms according to the number of specialized transactions they have closed. Sections include Mergers & Acquisitions, Equities by U.S. Corporations, U.S. Equities by Foreign Corporations, IPOs, Investment Grade Debt, High Yield Debt, Asset-Backed Securities, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Project Finance, Municipal Bonds, REITs and Mutual Funds.
- Mid-Level Associate Survey
  This includes information taken from questionnaires given to third- and fourth-year associates.
- Summer Associate Survey
  Ranks firms’ summer associate programs in a variety of areas including training, client contact and feedback. Write-ups of each firm are provided as well. Large firms in all major cities around the country are included.
Texas Lawyer
Launched by the Texas Lawyer, this Web site, which is updated daily, contains valuable news, information, and career advice.
Jdjungle.com
This web site and magazine provides lots of entertaining and career information about the law profession (especially for newcomers to the business).
Law.com
This web site allows users to track breaking developments in the law, research issues and cases, attend online continuing legal education seminars, and explore nationwide job openings in the legal industry. On a daily basis, their editorial staff sifts through hundreds of articles in dozens of publications to find the most important and relevant legal information.