About RankingsReady

Why it exists

Directories such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers rank lawyers and firms in bands or tiers (their grades of standing in a practice area). Those rankings rest partly on written submissions, and preparing one well is heavy work. It commonly takes 20 to 60 hours per practice area.

Most of that time goes on the same problems every cycle:

• Matter information is rebuilt from scratch each year, because last year's notes are scattered or out of date.
• Partners are chased for deal and case details close to the deadline.
• Referee lists (the clients a directory interviews about your work) are assembled at the last minute.

Meanwhile, researchers read submissions closely and have warned against generic, essay-like copy. What they want is specific, provable facts in their own format. We built RankingsReady to deliver exactly that, without taking weeks of your team's time.

How we work

Every submission is written and checked against your own material. Your firm can send its matters and notes, or we can gather them from public sources and short written questionnaires to your lawyers.

We never submit to a directory on your behalf. Your marketing team and partners review, approve and submit. Read how it works for the full process, and confidentiality for how we handle your matter information.

What we give away

Our deadline calendar lists submission deadlines across the major directories, each with a link to its official source. There is also a guide to each directory we cover.

Independence

Directories decide rankings through their own research, so we do not promise rankings. Our job is to give researchers stronger, researcher-ready submissions.