Year in Review Column,
Law Practice
Dec. 5, 2023
A season of giving billable hours only
The industry standard for pro bono hours – 20 hours per lawyer – is generally ignored by all but the largest law firms, the law firms that live off the fat of the land and can more than afford it.
What strikes an objective observer when strolling the halls of personal injury law mills, employment law mills, or criminal law mills is the creeping indifference to quality of practice, in some cases an indifference so complete it suffocates all other considerations, save generation of revenue. Nor do “Big Law” or “midsize” law firms – with annual hourly goals – escape this criticism. To all but the most savvy of consumers of legal services, the business of law is a...
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