Law Practice
Jun. 27, 2001
Emergency Exit
It is a fact of law firm life that one's worth as a lawyer, and as a person, is measured not by competence or character but rather by the number of billable hours the attorney is able to log. Lawyering skills simply are too subjective to accurately measure an individual's value to The Firm. In today's legal market, what really matters is the bottom line, and a lawyer's bottom line is made up of billable hours.
It is a fact of law firm life that one's worth as a lawyer, and as a person, is measured not by competence or character but rather by the number of billable hours the attorney is able to log. Lawyering skills simply are too subjective to accurately measure an individual's value to The Firm. In toda...
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