Comments on: Is "free" a potentially workable business model for legal services? http://inpropriapersona.com/is-free-a-potentially-workable-business-model-for-legal-services/ Law + tech + history, from a JD/PhD graduate student in the history of science. Sat, 19 May 2012 17:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: krisnelson /is-free-a-potentially-workable-business-model-for-legal-services/#comment-46 krisnelson Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:55:32 +0000 http://www.inpropriapersona.com/?p=494#comment-46 Another update from the WSJ about giving away legal services to entice/keep clients: "According to a story in the National Law Journal, Kirkland & Ellis says it has 'given away' billable hours tallying more than $100 million, but that it hopes to make the revenue back through follow-up work from those clients." See: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/06/15/kirkland-goes-alternative/ Another update from the WSJ about giving away legal services to entice/keep clients:

“According to a story in the National Law Journal, Kirkland & Ellis says it has ‘given away’ billable hours tallying more than $100 million, but that it hopes to make the revenue back through follow-up work from those clients.” See:

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/06/15/kirkland-goes-alternative/

]]> By: krisnelson /is-free-a-potentially-workable-business-model-for-legal-services/#comment-45 krisnelson Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:54:21 +0000 http://www.inpropriapersona.com/?p=494#comment-45 Slaw.ca has a note on a new piece on the future of law firms: Jordan Furlong, "This is Not the End of Lawyers …but this is the End of the Traditional Legal Business Model." See: http://www.slaw.ca/2009/06/14/furlong-its-not-the-end-of-lawyers/ Slaw.ca has a note on a new piece on the future of law firms: Jordan Furlong, “This is Not the End of Lawyers …but this is the End of the Traditional Legal Business Model.” See:

http://www.slaw.ca/2009/06/14/furlong-its-not-the-end-of-lawyers/

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