The Gap Is Closing: Why AI Is Breaking The Billable Hour Model
For legal operations professionals, the question is no longer whether AI will change the billable hour model, but whether your department is ready to manage that change.
For legal operations professionals, the question is no longer whether AI will change the billable hour model, but whether your department is ready to manage that change.
This episode of UpLevel View is for legal leaders looking to stay ahead in an AI-driven world.
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
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Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and Wall Street Journal columnist, discusses how AI is forcing professional services to price outcomes instead of hours.
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Modern legal departments are navigating a perfect storm.
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