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billable hours
Billable hours to increase, salaries to soar at HWL Ebsworth
Following years of having one of the lowest billable hours across the industry, HWL Ebsworth has increased its quota...
19 May 2025
By Naomi Neilson
The billable hour’s enduring value in the age of AI
New technologies can and will force changes to practice methodologies, but – for some lawyers and firms – the...
08 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Maurice Blackburn’s fight with employees over pay ramps up
Unionised lawyers and staff at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers will engage in industrial action, setting the stage for a...
05 March 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Natural to expect’ firm costs will reflect AI-inspired efficiency
Not only should the increasing use of artificial intelligence by external providers have a flow-on effect on charge-out...
21 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
The billable hour may be incompatible with GenAI innovation
In the face of client perceptions about their providers’ use or otherwise of generative AI, we may soon see more...
29 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Fixed fee, alternate pricing arrangements increasingly offered by firms
The number of Australian law firms providing fixed fee and alternate pricing arrangements continues to grow, according...
30 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lawyers doing more pro bono hours than ever, but large firms, in-house teams must improve
There was an 11.5 per cent increase in total hours of pro bono work undertaken by Australian lawyers in FY2023–24;...
19 September 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Jagot J: ‘Work hours matter’ in addressing burnout
High Court Justice Jayne Jagot says a “critical look” at the culture of legal workplaces is paramount if the...
23 October 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
A young lawyer’s case for scrapping the billable hour
The billable hour has had its time in the sun, and it’s cast a dark shadow that we can no longer ignore, writes...
07 September 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Is the billable hour incompatible with DEI?
With many BigLaw firms placing diversity, equity and inclusion at the top of their priority lists, a significant number...
06 July 2023
By Lauren Croft
ChatGPT’s rise means billable hours will ‘inevitably decline’
The time-based billing model has come under significant scrutiny in recent years, and now, with the emergence of...
20 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Billable hour works against women, lawyer argues
The billable hour fosters a culture of presenteeism and inherently discriminates against female lawyers who go on...
31 October 2022
By Malavika Santhebennur
Partners billing more post-pandemic
New research shows that not only are law firm partners bearing a markedly greater load in billable hours, but their job...
06 September 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Values, not the ‘relentless pursuit’ of billables, produce optimal outcomes
According to this chair of partners, short-term thinking on what will produce the best results will ultimately benefit...
14 June 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
LW500 From the vault: Young lawyers revolt -- 2,420 billable hours 'dehumanising'
15 November 2002: Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance sent a scathing memo to their partners in response to their last...
04 March 2012
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