What is a legal directory?
Put it simply, legal directories are lists of lawyers and law firms categorised by their practice area and jurisdiction. Directories assess law firms and lawyers with their own particular methodology and organise their conclusions in a ranking. Most rankings are updated and published annually. Within the ranking, there are typically different levels. Some directories call them Tiers or Bands and are often followed by a number such as Tier 1, Band 2 etc. There are, in addition, other categories such as Associate to Watch or Up and Coming. The levels are useful to have a hierarchy within the directory. Rankings…