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 Points
The history of hourly billing in the legal profession
Transparency in pricing (and why hourly billing isn't transparent at all)
The perverse incentives of hourly billing
Why billing hourly short changes you if you are good at what you do
The importance of breaking a big project into small chunks
Why lawyers remain in the “dark ages,” technologically speaking
The mental health effects of hourly billing
”Working toward the price”
Price as an initial design constraint
Reverse engineering your costs to support your desired pricing
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