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
Mitch’s Links
- Website: https://kowalski.ca
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MEKowalski
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchkowalski
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If you're not getting as many leads as you want and you're looking for a systematic, dignified alternative to cold outreach, paid ads, and clowning around on social media, this workshop is for you.
We'll start with a fancy dinner (on me) on the evening of December 9, and then the one-day workshop is on December 10 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
For all the details and to reserve your seat, just click the link below:
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Hope to see you in Providence on Dec 9 and 10!
I'm running a one-day in-person workshop in December in Providence, Rhode Island, called "Kickstart Your Pipeline."
If you're not getting as many leads as you want and you're looking for a systematic, dignified alternative to cold outreach, paid ads, and clowning around on social media, this workshop is for you.
We'll start with a fancy dinner (on me) on the evening of December 9, and then the one-day workshop is on December 10 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
For all the details and to reserve your seat, just click the link below:
Reserve Your Seat In Providence Now »
Hope to see you in Providence on Dec 9 and 10!