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Friday, August 24, 2007
First-year lawyers will get training off the clock
First-year lawyers will get training off the clockIn an unusual move, an Atlanta-based law firm has eliminated a half-century-old requirement known as "billable hours" for first-year attorneys in favor of more on-the-job training. Ford & Harrison, one of the top labor employment firms in the nation, recently dropped the requirement as part of its new "Year One" Associate Development program, a 15-month regimen modeled after medical school residency. Rather than spending most of their first year or so researching law — and billing clients for that work — the new lawyers will spend time in strategy sessions, arbitration hearings, even in court — duties usually reserved for senior attorneys.
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