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Billable Hours
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Law Practice Tips
Link Potpourri: A Few Short Takes Add Up to a Long Post
By Jim Calloway
Here are some things that I’m just not going to find time to blog in depth about this month that I think might interest my readers. April's a busy month.…
Legal Ease Blog
What Message Does Your Firm Send About Its Values By What It Measures?
I read an interesting article yesterday morning from CRMGuru.com by David Rance, a UK consultant who helps organizations become more customer-centric. The article was entitled The Madness of Metrics: Be…
Legal Ease Blog
Is it time to change how we charge for legal sevices?
By Allison Johs
Are your clients paying for time? Expertise? Solutions? Peace of mind? Is the billable hour the best way to charge for your services? Is the amount of time really the…
Business of Law
Clients, Not Firms, Control The Future Of The Billable Hour
By Patrick Lamb
Another American Lawyer piece on the billable hours. Author Douglas McCollam does a terrific job analyzing the flaws in the system and some of the reasons it remains entrenched. Here…
In Search of Perfect Client Service
Clients, Not Firms, Control The Future Of The Billable Hour
By Patrick Lamb
Another American Lawyer piece on the billable hours. Author Douglas McCollam does a terrific job analyzing the flaws in the system and some of the reasons it remains entrenched. Here…
Legal Marketing Blog
Is Billable Hour Here to Stay?
By Tom Kane
The results of a survey by Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. leads him to conclude that based on responses by 63% of respondents (there were only 87) "the billable…
Business of Law
Courage. (And no, this is not a tribute to Dan Rather)
By Patrick Lamb
Much has been written here and elsewhere about the utter significant problems inherent in the billable hour system. Indeed, there seems to be something meaningful happening, if only rhetorically. The…
Legal Marketing Blog
Billable Hour Isn’t Good for Clients or Lawyers
By Tom Kane
I have long advocated that the billable hour is not only bad for clients, but bad for lawyers too. From a client's perspective it is like government work, that is,…
Business of Law
The Five C’s of Value
By Patrick Lamb
Ron Baker, a leading thinker and author on alternatives to the billable hour was a participant in LexThink, a program I attended in early April. His view is that the…
Business of Law
Will McGuire Woods Now Totally Abandon The Billable Hour????
By Patrick Lamb
Well, the McGuire Woods ad campaign attacking the billable hour has started. And its worse than I anticipated. "The longer lawyers take the more money they make. Does that align…