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Junior associates are not burning the firm's resources. They are the firm's resources. They generate billable hours, which is how the partners make money. Which
by Erik816 10y ago
Junior associates are not burning the firm's resources. They are the firm's resources. They generate billable hours, which is how the partners make money. Which is why most of the legal profession is much slower to replace them than you might think.
- PatentTroll 10y agoThis is true too. The billable hour billing practice incentivizes inefficiency. In some respects that makes the industry ripe for disruption, but it's staying power may suggest the opposite, that is, that the business isn't about being efficient. Sometimes as logical people we assume everyone else is logical too. But my experience is that law firms are stuffed with worker bee types who don't see the world that way. They are not the innovative logical types who would develop something to increase efficiency