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The billable-hour system is the way most lawyers in big firms charge clients, but it serves no one. Well, almost no one. It brings most equity partners in those firms great wealth. Law firm leaders call it a leveraged pyramid.
Why Track Billable Hours? Billable hours are what generate the income of a law firm, so that it can pay salaries and overhead costs. They are what make the firm money. As a paralegal, when you are working billable hours, you are making money for your firm