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Billable Hours
183 published works
Clio Blog
Legal Pricing Strategies for Law Firms: From Billable Hours to Data-Driven Pricing
Why the billable hour alone no longer works Let’s be honest: The billable hour has always been a leaky bucket. While it’s treated as the gold standard for legal pricing…
The Legal Wire
The Double-Edged Sword of Agentic AI – Will Autonomous Workflows Break the Billable Hour?
The legal technology landscape in 2026 has officially moved past the novelty of generative chatbots. Today, the focus is decisively on Agentic AI — proactive, autonomous software programs designed to…
Harrington Communications Blog
Staying in the Game
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Kirk Stange on Law
The myth of “not enough work”: Why some lawyers still miss their billable hours
Billable Hours Remain The Foundation Of Many Law Firm Business Models Billable hours remain the economic engine of many law firms, particularly those involved in litigation. In firms that operate…
Thomson Reuters Law Blog
The $2,000 hour problem: When AI efficiency collides with billable time
By Jadematusick
Highlights Law firms invest heavily in AI while maintaining outdated billable hour structures from the 1950s. Legal tech spending jumped 9.7% in 2025, the fastest growth rate ever recorded in…
Be a Better Lawyer Podcast
Best of…Billing 2400 Hours While Having a Life
By Dina Cataldo
Today we're talking to Jacqueline Figueroa who will tell you how she used coaching to increase her billable hours AND have a life. Jackie's not just an accomplished insurance defense…
ABC Legal Blog
5 Tips for Attorneys To Maximize Billable Hours
Every lawyer knows that time is their most valuable resource, but it often slips away. The latest Legal Trends Report shows that attorneys bill only 2.9 hours out of an…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
AI, Billable Hours, and the Great Legal Experiment
By Greg Lambert
The promise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in legal practice is seductive: speed up document review, contract drafting, legal research, and thereby shave down hours billed. Yet the reality for…
ABC Legal Blog
Leveraging Legal Tech To Win Back Billable Hours
Attorneys work long hours, but too few of them are billable. According to the most recent Legal Trends Report, the average lawyer bills just 2.9 hours of an 8-hour workday.…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Rethinking law firm compensation: why the billable hour should lose its grip
The system drives away top talent, stalls innovation, and frustrates clients