http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/billable+hours/workplace+equity/default.aspxTags: billable hours, workplace equityenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/01/more-on-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-billable-hour.aspxTue, 01 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2334Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2334.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2334Judith , you nailed the efficiency vs. availability conundrum. I'm sure there is room for law firms to dethrone The Hour—and here's a good recent Slate piece by Lisa Lerer explaining why the push for them to do so is coming from their clients. Perhaps...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/04/01/more-on-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-billable-hour.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2334" width="1" height="1">academicsgender issuesworkplace equitylaw firmsbillable hourshttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/03/31/law-firm-work-less-is-more.aspxMon, 31 Mar 2008 22:11:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2314Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/2314.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2314When law firms institute family-friendly policies (flex hours, reasonable work loads), who benefits? That depends how you measure it. Mothers at these firms are neither more nor less productive than mothers at other firms, as measured by billable hours,...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/03/31/law-firm-work-less-is-more.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2314" width="1" height="1">workplace equitylaw firmsbillable hours