NLJ

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NLJ (National Law Journal) is a legal media brand under ALM Global, LLC that operates the Law.com platform, providing legal news, intelligence, and rankings to law firms, corporate legal departments, and individual practitioners through subscriptions, advertising, events, and job listings.

Company typePrivate
Founded1974
Headquarters—
Headcount—
GTM typeB2B
OfferingDigital Commerce or Content

What NLJ does

NLJ (National Law Journal) is a legal media brand and intelligence platform, in continuous operation since 1974, operating as a flagship property of ALM Global, LLC. The brand is the editorial anchor of the Law.com digital hub, which aggregates legal news, analysis, and rankings and serves a professional audience spanning Am Law and Global law firms, corporate legal departments, individual practitioners, and legal educators. Coverage extends across 50+ U.S. state and territory jurisdictions, with regional editions reaching the UK, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa.

The product portfolio is built around a centralized content and data backbone and a set of specialized intelligence tools. Law.com Compass is an online directory of lawyers and law firms; Law.com Radar delivers intelligence and analytics for corporate counsel; VerdictSearch tracks verdicts and settlements; Scholar provides full-text case law search; Scholar Answers adds an NLP- and generative-AI-powered research layer; and Lexology Index provides comparative rankings of law firms and in-house counsel. The platform operates a Federated AI Search layer that unifies retrieval across Compass, VerdictSearch, Scholar, and editorial archives. Supporting infrastructure includes a jobs board (LawJobs), newsletters, and annual events such as Legalweek and general counsel conferences.

NLJ monetizes through a diversified B2B media model: tiered subscriptions to Compass and Radar listings and rankings; subscriptions to VerdictSearch, Scholar, and Scholar Answers; advertising across editorial properties and newsletters; sponsored events; and recruitment/job-listing revenue via LawJobs. Pricing is segmented by product tier (Pro and Pro Mid-Market memberships are introduced to broaden access beyond the largest firms) and contract size, with enterprise sales motion aimed at large law firms and Fortune 500 corporate legal departments. The parent ALM Global, LLC is a privately held B2B media company serving legal, insurance, financial services, and other verticals.

NLJ firmographics

Firmographics

Name: NLJ
Legal name: National Law Journal (Brand of ALM Global, LLC)
Website: https://law.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1974
Operating status: Operating
Short description: NLJ (National Law Journal) is a legal media brand under ALM Global, LLC that operates the Law.com platform, providing legal news, intelligence, and rankings to law firms, corporate legal departments, and individual practitioners through subscriptions, advertising, events, and job listings.
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NLJ industry classification

Industry

Product category: Legal News and Intelligence
NAICS: Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)
SIC: Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)
akta.pro primary industry: Corporate Governance & Company Law Publishing (Securities, Board Governance) (MPAJACAJ)
akta.pro secondary industries: Legal Reference (Statutes, Case Law, Practice Guides) (EDAGAGAB), eDiscovery, Litigation Support & Legal Hold (BPAEAPAE), Legal Practice Management & Case Management (BPAEAPAC)

Keywords

Legal news publishing
Legal research database
Law firm rankings
Litigation tracking software
Legal industry intelligence

NLJ business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Digital Commerce or Content
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

Subscription Revenue: Tiered subscription model including Law.com Pro for legal departments, Law.com Pro Mid-Market for mid-size firms, individual subscriptions for lawyers, and group/school subscriptions for Scholar digital library
Advertising: Display advertising, sponsored content, and branded content opportunities across the platform and its publications
Events: Revenue from events including Legalweek, regional conferences, and awards ceremonies such as Texas Legal Awards and National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers awards
Job Listings: LawJobs.com job board providing recruitment advertising and job listing services for legal professionals

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	Law.com Pro - For legal departments
Subscription	Monthly	Law.com Pro Mid-Market - For mid-size law firms
Subscription	Annual	Scholar Unlimited - Enterprise
Subscription	Annual	Firmwide Group Access
Subscription	Annual	Bulk & Academic Discounts

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

NLJ product offering

Product offering

Core offering

NLJ, as part of the Law.com platform operated by ALM Global, publishes legal news, analysis, and industry rankings (notably the NLJ 500) for attorneys, law firms, and in-house legal teams. The platform extends beyond journalism into subscription-based intelligence tools, including Law.com Compass for firm benchmarking, Law.com Radar for AI-enhanced litigation tracking, VerdictSearch for verdict research, and Law.com Scholar for AI-assisted legal research. Additional tiered memberships and events address corporate legal departments, mid-market firms, and global general counsel communities.

Product overview

Law.com (operated by ALM Global, LLC) is a comprehensive legal media and intelligence platform offering a portfolio of interconnected products. The core platform centers on Law.com Compass for competitive law firm intelligence, Law.com Radar for real-time litigation tracking, VerdictSearch for case and verdict research, and Scholar for AI-enhanced legal research with optional Scholar Answers AI features. Additional tools include Legal Dictionary, Lexology Index for expert referrals, and regional publication sub-brands including National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, and various state/regional legal publications (The Recorder, Connecticut Law Tribune, Delaware Business Court, Daily Business Review, Daily Report, New Jersey Law Journal, New York Law Journal, The Legal Intelligencer). Membership tiers include Law.com Pro (corporate legal), Pro Mid-Market (mid-size firms), Global Leaders in Law (general counsel network), and Private Client Global Elite. The Scholar product notably incorporates AI capabilities including natural language processing and generative AI for summary generation within its digital library.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

NLJ 500: Annual ranking of the 500 largest law firms in the United States by gross revenue
Elite Trial Lawyers
Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar

Products and services

National Law Journal Premier source for US legal news and analysis, covering Supreme Court decisions, federal litigation, and major legal developments for attorneys, law firms, and in-house legal teams.
The American Lawyer

Companies that use NLJ

Customer profile

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

NLJ technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

NLJ partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

NLJ competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Lexology: Global legal content platform aggregating law firm articles, podcasts, and analysis across 50+ jurisdictions. Operates as a peer to NLJ's regional publication network and Global Leaders in Law membership, with comparable content distribution model.
ABA Journal: American Bar Association's flagship legal magazine and news website covering the legal profession. Direct competitor to NLJ for legal news readership and serves a similar lawyer/law firm audience, though backed by a bar association rather than a commercial media company.
Bloomberg Law: Bloomberg's legal research and news platform combining primary law, dockets, and daily legal news. Highly comparable to Law.com's Compass/Radar/Scholar bundle, targeting similar enterprise law firm and in-house counsel buyers with subscription pricing.
Law360: LexisNexis-owned legal news service delivering daily coverage across practice areas and jurisdictions. Direct competitor to NLJ's news and analysis offering, with similar subscription model and law firm/in-house counsel target audience.
Practical Law (Thomson Reuters): Thomson Reuters subsidiary providing practical legal know-how, practice notes, and reference materials for law firms and corporate counsel. Directly comparable to Scholar's digital library model, with overlapping customer base and subscription pricing structure.
JD Supra: Legal content publishing platform where law firms distribute thought leadership articles and client alerts. Comparable to NLJ's news and analysis distribution model, serving similar legal professional audiences with editorial content.

Broad incumbents

LexisNexis: RELX-owned legal research platform with deep primary law, case law, and analytics tools. Comparable to NLJ as a subscription-based legal intelligence platform serving law firms and corporate counsel, though it leads in primary research while NLJ leads in news and rankings.
Reuters Legal: Reuters' legal industry news and analysis vertical, part of a broader global news organization. Comparable to NLJ's news coverage as a tier-1 legal news source, with broader international reach but less specialization in law firm rankings and competitive intelligence.
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory: Major legal and regulatory publisher offering software, books, and reference tools to legal professionals. Comparable to NLJ's Scholar and Legal Dictionary offerings as a subscription-based legal reference publisher, with broader enterprise software portfolio.
Westlaw: Thomson Reuters legal research platform and the dominant primary-law research tool for US attorneys. Comparable to NLJ's Scholar and VerdictSearch products as a subscription legal intelligence service, with overlapping law firm and in-house counsel customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

NLJ financial estimates

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NLJ leadership team

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NLJ funding detail

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Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

NLJ M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about NLJ

What does NLJ do?

Is NLJ a public or private company?

NLJ is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was NLJ founded?

NLJ was founded in 1974.

How does NLJ make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Subscription Revenue is the primary driver. The others are advertising, events and job Listings.

Who are NLJ's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Lexology, ABA Journal, Bloomberg Law, Law360, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters) and JD Supra. Broad incumbents are LexisNexis, Reuters Legal, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory and Westlaw.

Does NLJ have an API?

No public API is recorded for NLJ.

What industry is NLJ in?

NLJ's product category is Legal News and Intelligence. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAJACAJ, Corporate Governance & Company Law Publishing (Securities, Board Governance), with a secondary code of EDAGAGAB, Legal Reference (Statutes, Case Law, Practice Guides). Its NAICS code is 5131 and its SIC code is 2731.