Amsterdam, Netherlands
In a bustling commercial law firm, lawyers are constantly striving to meet their targets, optimise profitability and enhance client service. The Luminate Dashboards transform the way legal professionals manage their performance.
By offering a centralised platform that shows data in an actionable way, the dashboards strive for behavioural change towards data driven working.
Luminate – Performance Management Dashboards by Simmons & Simmons, won a 2025 Good Design Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies.
This tool is meticulously crafted to address critical needs such as compliance with firm policies, eligibility for bonuses, optimisation of profitability, and improvement of both client and internal communication.
Through the design of the key metrics with a focus on action, lawyers are enables to optimise their workflow, driving both personal and organisational success.
The end users of the Luminate dashboards span across all levels of the legal hierarchy. Tailored to each level’s specific needs, the dashboards are designed to guide a lawyer through their career.
Associates, often at the beginning of their careers, receive guidance and training to adopt data-driven practices, paving their way to management.
Managing associates and partners, on the other hand, use reports to monitor performance, drive firm profitability and optimise client communication.
Higher management benefits from a comprehensive overview that optimises decision-making and strategic planning. Through this setup, this cohesive tool is invaluable in the firm, providing tailored support to each role.
What sets the Luminate Dashboards apart from traditional reporting solutions, is their innovative design focused on user experience (UX). The data is presented in a way that meets the data literacy and way of working of legal professionals.
Unlike conventional dashboards that often lack UX considerations, the Luminate Dashboards are made available as a comprehensive software product that is as intuitive to use as any website.
Key standout features of the dashboards include a fully integrated information architecture, throughout sentiment communication, and intelligent personalised insights.
The intuitive information architecture ensures users can effortlessly find the data they need, streamlining their workflow.
The personalised insights guide users on the best follow-up actions based on their own data, making the dashboard a truly user-centric and actionable solution.
Real-time feedback on data synchronisation times and applied selections keeps users informed and in control, further enhancing the user experience.
Feedback and testing have been integral to the development of the Luminate Dashboards.
Through design workshops and several rounds of user acceptance testing (UAT) the end-users are involved from the project’s outset.
Their feedback has steered design choices, ensuring the dashboards are a solution integrated into their workflows.
Looking ahead, planned future enhancements, including the integration of more systems, will further elevate the Luminate Dashboards.
The commitment to continuously improve and innovate focused on the end users, makes the Luminate Dashboards a deserving candidate for the Good Design Awards.
They are not merely aesthetically pleasing, but a transformative solution that uses UX to empower lawyers to achieve their best, driving both personal and organisational success and optimising work satisfaction.
Project: Luminate – Performance Management Dashboards
Designers: Simmons & Simmons
Lead Designers: Mariska van Kan, Tom Kronenburg, and Bijal Savadia
Client: Simmons & Simmons
