Comments on: The billable hour: Lawyer as wage slave http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2009/07/20/the-billable-hour-lawyer-as-wage-slave/ If it’s legal, you can discuss it here Wed, 23 May 2012 17:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ford Harding http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2009/07/20/the-billable-hour-lawyer-as-wage-slave/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Ford Harding Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:19:45 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=3190#comment-764 You write of a real problem, but one that must, nevertheless, be faced and dealt with, if you want a career in private practice. There are a number of ways to make time, including: 1) 2-for-1s: Instead of calling a client with an answer, go see him. You will have a different kind of conversation. Combine pleasure, say coaching your kid's team, with a bit of contact development. Do the same with sports, charity, civic or cultural activities. 2) Delegate: Find something to delegate to a junior associate or staffer. 3) Organize: If you have a good contact list, when you have ten found minutes, you can call someone. If not, you won't. There are many others. None solves the time problem, but they help you chip away at it. Ford Harding You write of a real problem, but one that must, nevertheless, be faced and dealt with, if you want a career in private practice. There are a number of ways to make time, including:

1) 2-for-1s: Instead of calling a client with an answer, go see him. You will have a different kind of conversation. Combine pleasure, say coaching your kid’s team, with a bit of contact development. Do the same with sports, charity, civic or cultural activities.

2) Delegate: Find something to delegate to a junior associate or staffer.

3) Organize: If you have a good contact list, when you have ten found minutes, you can call someone. If not, you won’t.

There are many others. None solves the time problem, but they help you chip away at it.

Ford Harding

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