Law Firm 3.0: Compensation, Billable Hour Limiting Firms' Success

This is the second installment of a series examining the shift in law firm business models and the issues law firms must address to remain competitive in a new age of providing legal services. The third installment will appear later this year.

27 minute read August 02, 2015 at 12:00 AM
By
Hank Grezlak And Gina Passarella
Law Firm 3.0: Compensation, Billable Hour Limiting Firms' Success

Editor's note: This is the second installment of a series examining the shift in law firm business models and the issues law firms must address to remain competitive in a new age of providing legal services.

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