Ethics, Law Office Technology/Management

The Ethics of Timekeeping and Lawyer Billing

Description:

Is it a challenge for your firm to track billable hours and get paid for all of your work? You are not alone. Recent studies show that lawyers frequently under-report their billable hours, leaving millions of revenue dollars on the table, often because they have to "reconstruct" their time using referenced emails, appointment calendars and create and revise dates on documents. One 2016 study found 95 percent of responding law firms stating that time leakage -- billable time not booked, billed or collected -- was a problem.

In the face of this, e-billing is growing dramatically at law firms. Trends indicate that:

  1. Efficiency is increasing, shortening the average days to pay cycle.
  2. Accuracy is increasing, reducing rejection rates.

In this course on e-billing, you will learn:

  1. Ethics rules applicable to e-billing
  2. Why e-billing will continue to be a critical component of litigation cost containment and is increasingly a requirement of corporate legal departments, and
  3. Recommendations for how your firm can embrace and benefit from an e-billing implementation

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Very valuable lessons regarding e-billing and compliance.

This was a good refresher on accuracy of billing entries and time management.

Very informative and thought-provoking.

A good reminder about a number of aspects of billing, especially to view the bills from the client's inquiring perspective.

Very substantive; very good and helpful. 

This was what I was looking for in order to take a double check of my own timekeeping practices.

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This course is no longer available for purchase.

Course InformationHighlights
  • Interactive programs
  • Flexible to your schedule
  • Ethics credit
Course Credits Dual Credits: 1.00
General Credits: 0.00
Total Credits: 1

This program will be filed for Tennessee CLE credit. Please email a request to cle@tnbar.org for Georgia and Mississippi CLE credit.