Intuition And Indicators

The Modern Lawyer

Today we share our conversation with Evan Parker, a Ph.D statistics expert and founder of Parker Analytics. Evan is ushering in a new era of data-driven decision-making for law firms by working with them to collect, assess, and evaluate their data, optimizing how they do business. He uses data to help them discover problematic trends in recruitment, diversity, and efficiency, then identifies their solutions. He recently discussed one of these trends on Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, Revisionist History. In this episode, Evan shares some surprising insights he has unearthed through looking at firm data, like how a good grade in torts is a better predictor of success than a good grade in contracts, why a top tier law degree does not predict greater success at a law firm than a mid-tier law degree, and the key factors causing certain demographic groups at law firms to fall behind, and others to succeed.