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From Jan 1.

492 billable / 58.5 pro bono / 127 counted - non billable.

Billable: 686.2 hours; less than 10 hours of pro bono.

962 billable/0 pro bono/32 other counted non-billable

existenz wrote:962 billable/0 pro bono/32 other counted non-billable

dddddddddam son.

This is the below poster, posting anon so as not to have this post appear in my post history:

As of May 9, 2014: 1,078 billable / 0 pro bono / 101 non-billable

^yep

Texas

Billable 452.45
Other shit that counts (CLEs, client dev, etc) 311.25
Probono 20.25

Just so others don't have to do the math:

As of May 13, to be exactly on track to bill 2000 hours, you should have billed 723 hours.

To be on track to bill 2500, you should have billed 904.

May 13:

Billable: 1075 (about 25 is pro bono which still counts)

Non-billable: 65 (lot of this is fun client event, Biz Dev stuff, not exactly strenuous)

First year, west coast

EDIT: My hero, Sea Locust, whose advice I have followed all through law school and beyond, is just barely beating me it looks like.

Anonymous User wrote:May 13:

Billable: 1075 (about 25 is pro bono which still counts)

Non-billable: 65 (lot of this is fun client event, Biz Dev stuff, not exactly strenuous)

First year, west coast

EDIT: My hero, Sea Locust, whose advice I have followed all through law school and beyond, is just barely beating me it looks like.

FWIW, out of all the contests imaginable, this may well be the one I am least excited to be winning.

It's been a slow year so far, so I expect to find a pink slip and a banker's box in my guest chair any day now.

Midwestern Secondary Market

637.3 billable/29.35 pro bono

NYC:

626.10 billable / 196.05 non-billable (pro bono, article crap, other random stuff)

Delaware

896

CA secondary

723 billable, maybe 200 more other

first yr nyc

923 billable
27 non-billable but countable

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First year NYC lit. 800 billable, 100 pro bono, 50 other stuff

First year corporate associate in Boston:

977 billables / 0 pro bono (lol corporate) / 27 non-billables that probably don't count for anything but they keep track of

Some of the hours in here conflict with my worldview as a 1L. Don't know why you guys don't just politely turn down work you know?

No but seriously DF this is actually really helpful. For your occasional shit posting, you add some really good stuff to this site and I value the perspective you share (and your ability to get others to share their perspective). Thanks.

Secondary market tax.

637 billable and pro bono combined (stuff I get credit for); 60 non-billable (marketing etc., no credit but it looks good).

But our year also does not start in January, and I had a busy December, so I am on track to at least be within spitting distance of our target.

wert3813 wrote:Some of the hours in here conflict with my worldview as a 1L. Don't know why you guys don't just politely turn down work you know?

What worldview is that?

Estimated efficiency (hours worked to get each hour billed)?