Comment & Debate
“Top Ten (10) Reasons Not To Go To Law School.” Karemar. July 19th, 2007: “5. BILLING. For those of you who don’t know, Attorney / Lawyers bill each client per hour of work or even bill for partial increments of time spent on the client. Therefore, if you spend 10 hours at work, most firms require you to bill 8 hours a day. That’s 8 hours of work for a client in which your firm is billing that client $200 to $750 an hour. Even if you were to account for every hour and actually spend that time working for the client, every client will complain! You are in a lose / lose situation. The hours you bill are always too much for your client, but never enough for the firm. This is why extra hours and Saturday’s and Sundays become important days in the office so you can do more billing.”