{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ditching Hourly","title":"Mitch Kowalski - Helping Law Firms Ditch Hourly Billing","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ad70d416\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2353,"description":"Legal operations advisor and law professor Mitch Kowalski joined me on Ditching Hourly to talk about innovation in the legal profession, including alternatives to hourly billing.Talking PointsThe history of hourly billing in the legal professionTransparency in pricing (and why hourly billing isn't transparent at all)The perverse incentives of hourly billingWhy billing hourly short changes you if you are good at what you doThe importance of breaking a big project into small chunksWhy lawyers remain in the “dark ages,” technologically speakingThe mental health effects of hourly billing”Working toward the price”Price as an initial design constraintReverse engineering your costs to support your desired pricingMitch’s LinksWebsite: https://kowalski.caTwitter: https://twitter.com/MEKowalskiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchkowalski","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NCUVrsmlcYseU9x7dN1dnT4q3rVJ5q27OIKrcXCPJrM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMjY2/ZjU5OTA5OWI3YzI2/MzdiODJlMmUwZWY1/NTJjZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}