Archive for October 2010
Billing Methodologies Don’t Act Unethically. Lawyers Do.
Look, I’m no friend of the billable hour. As others have emphasized far more eloquently, the billable hour measures time, not results and as such, breeds inefficiency. Worst, for at least two decades, the billable hour fed biglaw’s associate leverage schemes which have since buckled under the weight of bloated fees and left countless young…
Read MoreWebinar on Social Media for Cornell Law School
Tomorrow, I’ll be giving a webinar at Cornell Law School on how lawyers can harness the power of social media. Much as I love my alma mater, given that Cornell isn’t actually on the cutting edge of anything (except Cascadilla Gorge), I’m surprised at the level of interest in, and the expected turn out for…
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