Topic
Billable Hours
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Smokeball Blog
Increase Billable Hours Without Working More
Revenue and profit are top of mind for every firm, and with the current economic recession, finding a way to increase your billable hours is pressing--even necessary. Want recession-proof your…
Be a Better Lawyer Podcast
238: Billables Mindset
By Dina Cataldo
We're talking about how to think about billables to make it easier for you to hit your targets. Even if you don't have a billable practice, listen in any way,…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Clio’s Legal Trends Report Reads a Bit Like the Days of Camelot, But…
Clio’s annual Legal Trends Report, out today, is as good a summary on revenues, billings, work, the use of technology and career satisfaction for small and mid-size law firms and…
Law Practice Tips
The Billable Hour Today
By Jim Calloway
The term “billable hour” has long been a topic of discussion in the legal community. However, for such a simple term, it can be used in different ways. The most…
2Civility Blog
How Monotasking Harmonizes with the Billable Hour
Where does the time go? Lawyers often aren’t productive as they want to be thanks to unexpected distractions that interrupt time planned for client service. For years, Clio’s Legal Trends…
TechLaw Crossroads
Want To Make Partner? Bill 10 Hours a Day. Every Day
A couple of commentators noted the announcement by AmLaw 100 firm Hogans Lovells last week that making partner requires "being all in ." According to Hogans Lovell, being all in…
The Pre-Flight Brief
‘Never Become a Billable Hours Machine’ and Other Guidance From a Texas Bar Honoree
By Shackelford
By Kenneth Artz | March 17, 2022 Texas Lawyer spoke recently with Boston about what it takes to not just be a good lawyer, but to be the best lawyer…
Fretzin Blog
Tom Freeman: The Billable Hour is Broken
In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Tom Freeman discuss: The evolution of the legal industry between the great recession and the great resignation. Building beyond the billable hour. The future…
TechLaw Crossroads
The Great Resignation: Will It Drive a Stake In The Billable Hour?
Jessie Yount of law.com posted a fascinating article about why legal talent is still flocking to virtual law firms earlier this week. It was initially assumed that virtual firms' opportunity…
LawSites
Guest Post: Beating the Alternative – Why The Billable Hour is the Truest Representation of Cost
By Bob Ambrogi
The billable hour has been unfairly painted as the villain of law firm pricing, when in fact opacity is the issue Guest Post By Nicholas d’Adhemar, Founder and CEO, Apperio…