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Billable Hours
183 published works
2Civility Blog
Lawyers Are Billing More Time as AI Adoption Grows, According to 2026 Clio Legal Trends Report
By Marin McCall
Photo credit: iStock.com Key points: Clio’s annual Legal Trends Report provides analysis of legal services industry based on law firm operating data, surveys of legal professionals and consumers, and qualitative…
Caddi Blog
Where the Billable Hour Came From
The billable hour began as an internal timesheet at a Boston law firm in 1919. A 1958 ABA pamphlet turned it into a price, a 1975 Supreme Court case removed…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Wall Street Banks Challenge the Billable Hour Model: Artificial Intelligence Trends
By Doug Austin
According to a report, Wall Street banks are starting to demand that law firms pass along productivity gains they are realizing from GenAI. The post Wall Street Banks Challenge the…
SCC Blog
AI and the future of the billable hour: What Experts from across the World are saying as legal value moves beyond time
By Soumya Yadav
For decades, the billable hour has served as the dominant commercial foundation of legal practice. It has influenced how law firms measure productivity, how lawyers progress through their careers, how…
Caddi Blog
Billable Hours, Explained: Increments, Targets, and the Math
How billable hours actually work: the six-minute increment chart, how many hours are really in a day, and an interactive calculator that shows what the gaps cost. A plain-English guide…
ComplexDiscovery
FutureLaw 2026 closes: hard truths, the billable hour, and what gets built next
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Day 2 of FutureLaw 2026 in Tallinn took the conference’s earlier framing and put a price tag on it. Uwais Iqbal’s keynote on hard truths from a production AI…
ComplexDiscovery
The billable hour’s information problem in eDiscovery
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: The billable hour is losing its grip on legal discovery, and the pressure is no longer theoretical. When automated tools can compress hours of document work into minutes,…
Clio Blog
How Lawyers Use AI to Boost Billable Hours and Improve Work-Life Balance
By Damien Riehl
Research: productivity and well-being Recent research suggests a strong link between productivity and well-being. If lawyers are inefficient, they tend to spend more time on low-value tasks and are more…
Fretzin Blog
How Can Lawyers Manage Billable Hours More Effectively?
By Steve Fretzin & Sarah Tetlow There are moments when you realize you’re not in control of your day anymore. You’re reacting, responding, putting out fires, and somehow convincing yourself…
Business of Law
Measuring Associate Productivity Through Billable Hours
When I sit down with owners and managing partners, one of the first questions I get is: “How do I know if my associates are really being productive?” Most firms…