The emphasis on 'billable hours' and achieving a potential figure is leading to a belief that the firm doesn't care. The casualties of billable hours are feedback, supervision and time to talk, and all the things that make professional life pleasurable. |
This is a complete misrepresentation of what work is like. It is not true anymore, but is an old-fashioned, traditional view of what working in the law involves. |
We are looking at alternatives and a complete rewrite of the way we employ lawyers in terms of hours and contracts. |