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Billable Hours
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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
More Money or Less Work?
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
We posted here and here about surveys that paint a less than rosy picture of life as an attorney. No doubt a "work/life" imbalance is at the core of much…
Law Practice Tips
Site of the Week: Gruntled Employees
By Jim Calloway
I first became aware of the Shepard Law Group as a result of legal media coverage they received when they banished the billable hour from their firm. Jay Shepard came…
Labor Law Prof Blog
A Dream?: No Billable Hours for Law Firm Associates
Above the Law is reporting that Ford & Harrison is going that route at least for the first year of law firm associates. From the National Law Journal (via WSJ…
Legal Profession Blog
Ethics of Alternatives to Billable Hours
Posted by Alan ChildressLots of law blogs have bemoaned billable hours and the ethical implications of this payment system. On our blog, and her own, Nancy Rapoport has nicely raised…
Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
In Memory of the Billable Hour
By Gerry Riskin
“Ford & Harrison, a 190-attorney labor and employment firm, has tossed out billable-hour requirements for first-year associates. The program aims to close the practical-skills gap of law school education and…
Other
Is Appellate Law Suited to Alternative Fee Structures?
A recent post from Susan Cartier Liebel over at Build a Solo Practice, LLC (entitled The Cockroach of the Legal Profession—The Billable Hour) has spurred me to comment on the continuing…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Scott Turow on the Billable Hour
I’m really veering off topic here on today’s post, although I have in the past managed to post about the billable hour system and link it to the question of…
Law People
A Short History of the Billable Hour and the Consequences of Its Tyranny
By Ronda Muir
Herewith a short but concise history of the twisted path that has led to billing by the legal hour, and the consequences of its tyranny. During the 1800s, US legal…
Legal Profession Blog
Which Came First: The Guilt or the Billable Hours?
I have only "billed hours" for about twenty months in the last fifteen years (my short stint as "of counsel" in my old law firm between corporate jobs), but my…
Legal Marketing Blog
More Bad News for the Billable Hour
By Tom Kane
Padding legal bills will be the major reason companies will eventually no longer accept law firms billing by the hour. There I’ve said it. But I’m not alone. Lawyers themselves admit that…