As an eager young attorney at a large corporate firm, Laura Spalding">Laura Spalding quickly became disillusioned by unattainable billable hour quotas. But her experience in a space where nightmarish workloads drove promotions and bonuses inevitably sparked her burning passion for helping innovate the legal space.

Now the Director of the Legal Advisory Team at PERSUIT">PERSUIT, Laura talks about how she and other young legal professionals have been victimized by the billable hour.

Join us as we discuss

- How the billable hour promotes a false perception of work (00:24)

- Delighting clients by placing value over timecards (11:16)

- Why no matter is too complex for alternative fee arrangements (17:13)

Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

- Laura Spalding">Laura Spalding

- PERSUIT">PERSUIT

- Law Squared">Law Squared

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