Measure how effectively your firm builds talent.
Lexter tracks how your firm converts associates to partners, retains laterals, and builds durable talent pipelines — turning talent development from intuition into evidence.
Questions Lexter helps you answer
What percentage of our associates make partner?
How does our conversion rate compare to competitors?
Are laterals staying long enough to justify the investment?
Which practice groups have the strongest internal pipelines?
Where are we losing talent before the partnership decision point?
How has our talent conversion changed over the past five years?
Talent conversion analytics for durable law firm pipelines
Lexter talent conversion analytics helps law firms understand how effectively they develop, retain, and advance lawyers. It connects associate progression, lateral retention, source quality, and pipeline health so leaders can separate durable talent systems from short-term hiring activity.
For talent leaders, managing partners, and executive committees responsible for building long-term firm strength.
Review associate progression, lateral retention, and partner pipeline patterns.
Compare talent conversion by office, practice group, cohort, and source pathway.
Connect conversion outcomes to source quality and succession planning.
Associate-to-Partner Conversion
Track the rate at which associates progress to partnership, broken down by practice group, office, and cohort year — with benchmarks against peer firms.
Lateral Retention Analysis
Measure how long lateral hires stay and whether they integrate successfully, comparing retention rates between laterals and homegrown lawyers.
Pipeline Health
Assess whether your firm is developing enough mid-level talent to sustain future partnership classes without over-reliance on external hiring.
Conversion Trends
See how your talent conversion metrics are trending over time and whether changes in firm strategy are producing measurable improvements.