One year after labor law firm Ford & Harrison dropped its billable-hour requirement, the program is immensely popular with associates and partners who find that young attorneys are becoming more productive faster.
The program, announced in September 2007 and known as “YearOne,” dropped the requirement for 1,900 billable hours in the first year. New associates are instead required to compile 1,900 hours combined of billable time and nonbillable hours working with senior partners on depositions, witness and trial preparation, client meetings and similar key tasks they unlikely would be given if the firm was billing for their time.
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