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for Law Firms

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Increase law firm billable hours & boost revenue

without piling extra work on your timekeepers, scrambling for new clients, or raising your bill rates (again).

The Billable Hour Boot Camp was extremely helpful. Ann made suggestions that improved billing, realization, and morale. – Tanya Bryant, Director

How much money is your law firm leaving on the table?

What if every timekeeper on your team could gain 100 to 250 billable hours each year?

Here’s what you could gain with a group of 20 paralegals and associates who use just one of the many strategies we teach in the Billable Hour Boot Camp:

= $528,000 gain in revenue from just 20 timekeepers in your firm!

Now imagine the gain you could see with some of our other strategies that are seeing 300+ hours for associates and paralegals.

Or imagine if you have more than 20 timekeepers who take the course and implement these strategies.

Writing materials, reading glasses, and a computer are essential tools for tracking when your billing hour increases.

6 minutes a day

can result in hundreds of thousands in revenue each year.

Not to mention

  • Reduced stress for timekeepers

  • Less partner time spent revising time entries (and money saved on billing partners)

  • Less turnover from reduced stress about hitting their billable hour target

  • High-level training developed, designed, and delivered FOR you so you can spend your time the important work for your role

Many takeaways and no “fluff”

– Rebecca Pehler, Legal Nurse Consultant

“This course was excellent, with many takeaways and no “fluff”! Practical, actionable changes were taught, all of which can be implemented immediately in my practice.

While I am not a Paralegal (I’m a Legal Nurse Consultant) all of the material covered was relevant and I will highly recommend this course to my fellow LNC colleagues.

A focused and practical approach that raises awareness and understanding by the paralegal of the importance and “how-to” of billable hour tracking and how to identify potential opportunities for allowance of increased participation by the legal firm to grow billable hours.”

With Our Billable Hour Boot Camp

In less than 5 Hours

Your entire team will be able to:

INCREASE THEIR BILLABLE HOURS

DRAFT BETTER TIME ENTRIES

DO MORE WORK IN LESS TIME

Reviews of the Billable Hour Boot Camp

Can be implemented immediately in my practice.
Can be implemented immediately in my practice.– Jennifer Morris
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Course was excellent, with many takeaways and no “fluff”! Practical, actionable changes were taught, all of which can be implemented immediately in my practice.
Have been able to increase my time substantially
Have been able to increase my time substantially– Shelly Potter
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This is a great program for anyone who needs help capturing their billable time! This is not just for legal staff - new attorneys (or even seasoned attorneys) can benefit. Well worth the time. Thank you, Ann! I have been able to increase my time substantially by using your techniques!
No more leaving billable hours on the table
No more leaving billable hours on the table– Cheryl Bynum
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The Billable Hour Bootcamp was very informative and gave you the tools to assure you are capturing all of your time and not leaving billable hours on the table.
Nothing less than transformative for our team.
Nothing less than transformative for our team.– Cynthia Laberge, Attorney and Paralegal Manager
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I can attest that Ann’s training was nothing less than transformative for our team.
Improved billing, realization, and morale.
Improved billing, realization, and morale.- Tanya Bryant, Director
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The Billable Hour Bootcamp was extremely helpful. Ann made suggestions that improved billing, realization, and morale. Ann understands what paralegals do every day, and her course is structured to help paralegals succeed in their chosen professions.
I have been able to increase my time substantially.
I have been able to increase my time substantially.– Shelly Potter, Paralegal
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This is a great program for anyone who needs help capturing their billable time! This is not just for legal staff - new attorneys (or even seasoned attorneys) can benefit. Well worth the time. Thank you, Ann! I have been able to increase my time substantially by using your techniques!
Understand the difference between billable hours and hours actually worked in a day
Understand the difference between billable hours and hours actually worked in a day– Claire Rodriguez, Paralegal
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This course definitely helped me understand the difference between billable hours and hours actually worked in a day, as well as how to craft time entries that a client will be willing to pay for. I also highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn how to be more productive in their workday and still leave the office on time!
I plan to implement right away
I plan to implement right away– Collen Marcin, Paralegal
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Excellent job and great ideas that I plan to implement right away to help with this year’s billable hours!
Informative and engaging
Informative and engaging– Peyton Weber, Paralegal
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I found this course to be informative and engaging.
I am exceeding my billable hour goal for the month already!
I am exceeding my billable hour goal for the month already!– Christine L., Paralegal
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This program was one of the best I’ve ever attended. Thank you! I am exceeding my billable hour goal for the month already, and I’ve still got 4 more workdays!
A few important shifts in thinking
A few important shifts in thinking– Angelyn Luttrell, Paralegal
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Practical tips and a few important shifts in thinking make this course extremely valuable! Thank you so much.
I have a completely different mindset around billable hours now – thank you!
I have a completely different mindset around billable hours now – thank you! Stacey Clarke, Paralegal
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You Choose the Best Training Option For Your Team

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On-Demand Access to the Online Course For Your Team Members

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Live Webinar Series Presented to Your Team

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Live Workshop in Your Office

Billable Hour Boot Camp walks your team through my Billable Hour Framework

This framework is proven to increase utilization, productivity, and realization – without adding more working hours to your timekeepers’ plates.

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Your law firm billable hour training includes:

On-demand or live training option

You choose the format that works best for your budget and your team.

5 hours of video lessons

Or choose the live training option to customize the training and Q & A time.

One-year access to course materials

Use the recordings to on-board new hires throughout the year!

Live Q & A/ Coaching Calls with Ann Pearson

We hold live Zoom meetings six (6) times per year to support your team.

Annual Billable Hour Calculator Tool

A proprietary Excel spreadsheet to help your team plan out their year and how to hit their billable hour target.

Productivity Calculator

How everyone can get more out of every day and see where the “lost” time is going.

Five Stars!

 

 

Ann Pearson has once again provided a comprehensive, easy-to-follow, and instructive training opportunity.  I learned a lot of valuable tools to help increase my billable hours, and it has worked! Thank you, Ann.

– Felicia Grimes

What's Inside the Course?

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Module 1

Using the Billable Hour Calculator Tool

This module provides your timekeepers with our proprietary Billable Hour Calculator Tool that they download and use to estimate how many hours they have available each month based on several variables, including scheduled vacations, holidays, productivity level, and total work hours.

This tool will make it easier for your team to make a written plan to meet your law firm’s billable hour goal.

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Module 2

Time is Money – an Easy Way to See a 200+ Hour Increase

This module will give your timekeepers a whole new perspective on why it is crucial to enter their time contemporaneously while doing the work.

So even if they’re already doing a great job of getting their time in by the end of the day or the end of the week, you will be able to see significant gains in billable hours with this one strategy.

And this strategy does not require your team to do more work than they already do!

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Module 3

They Will Stop Ghosting Time and see a 100+ Hour Increase

This module discusses the “ghost write-downs” that can substantially negatively impact billable hours that are recorded.

These are the write-downs timekeepers are doing to their billable time before it ever makes it into the timekeeping system.

We’ll show your timekeepers how to look out for this sneaky thing we all do, sometimes while not even knowing that we’re doing it.

Module 4

Why Productivity Matters – a Gain of 100+ Billable Hours

In this module, we show how to increase productivity while in the office to achieve a better work/life balance and be out of the office sooner.

Most timekeepers are shocked when they see how much time is being wasted every day on distractions, admin tasks that could be delegated, and more.

Implementing this method typically results in an increase 100 to 200 annual billable hours!

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A paralegal stands with her billable hours draft while another asks questions to understand why he's not getting work.

Module 5

Why They Might Not Be Giving You Enough Billable Work

Sometimes when work is slow and billable hours are low, it can result from too many small mistakes that we often think are overlooked.

Over time, those small mistakes can erode the trust and credibility of the supervising attorney.

This module will show how anyone can improve their attention to detail and focus on what is essential to get the job done right.

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Module 6

What to do When Billable Work Slows Down

In this module, we cover a 6-step plan to find more billable work when work is slow and and your team is worried about meeting their annual billable hour requirement.  That is stressful for them! 

This will help your team develop a custom plan to increase their billable hours now and in the future.

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Module 7

The Art & Science of Drafting Time Entries

There is an art and a science to drafting time entries that don’t get written off by the billing partner AND that the client will pay for.

We do this through drafting techniques that will convert your time entries into something that the billing partner and the client see as valuable. 

We also discuss some of the most common reasons for write-offs and what you can do to ensure your time entries don’t contain those reasons.

Invest in this team training and increase your potential earnings like some of these firms:

A mid-sized law firm with 35 timekeepers

 (associates & paralegals) saw an increase of 4,000 law firm billable hours in 2021 at an average bill rate of $190/hour, a total gross increase of $760k. Realization rates also increased from an avg of 91% – 94.5%.

An AmLaw200 firm with 46 paralegals

 saw an increase of 3,450 billable hours in Fall 2020-2021 at an average bill rate of $178 per hour, for a total gross increase of $614,100 worth of hours billed. Additionally, realization rates increased from an average of 89% to 93%.

An insurance defense law firm with 15 paralegals

started seeing an average increase of 150 total billable hours per month for their paralegal group, by Summer 2021 (just six months into the course. Additionally, overtime was reduced by more than 20%.

Choose the Best Training Option For Your Team

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On-Demand Access to the Online Course For Your Team Members

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Live Webinar Series Presented to Your Team

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Live Workshop in Your Office

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Meet the Instructor

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Ann Pearson is the Founder of the PRM Group and Paralegal Boot Camp®.

Ann has been helping law firms increase billable hours and drafting time entries for more than a decade.

Before founding the company in 2010, Ms. Pearson had 20 years of experience in the legal industry. 

Most recently, she was the paralegal manager at McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, where she managed the paralegals, docket clerks, and case assistants in Atlanta, New York, and San Diego.

Ann was able to significantly increase the profitability of McKenna’s paralegal group through methods that she has developed and defined for years inside the Billable Hour Boot Camp. 

There is no other training like this on the market that teaches timekeepers how to recover lost billable hours, limit write-offs, and reduce overtime.

All of that means more revenue for your law firm – without more working hours for timekeepers, scrambling for new clients, or raising your billing rates.

Real strategies to capture billable hours
Real strategies to capture billable hours– Angela Stewart
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This is an excellent course with real strategies to capture your billable hours. I highly recommend it!
Awesome
Awesome– Kristie Giesenschlag
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It is awesome! Loved every minute of it.
Mindset!
Mindset!– Stacey Clarke
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I have a completely different mindset around billable hours now - thank you!
Excellent job
Excellent job– Colleen Marcin
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Excellent job and great ideas that I plan to implement right away to help with this year's billable hours!
Very informational
Very informational- Tiara Gomer-Degomez
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If you're looking for ways to increase your billable hours and productivity, this is the course!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Billable Hour Boot Camp is your solution to reclaiming potential earnings that your law firm is missing.

Enrollment in the program includes:

On-demand or live training option

You choose the format that works best for your budget and your team.

5 hours of video lessons

Or choose the live training option to customize the training and Q & A time.

One-year access to course materials

Use to on-board new hires throughout the year!

Live Q & A/Coaching Calls with Ann Pearson

We hold live Zoom meetings six (6) times per year to support your team.

Annual Billable Hour Calculator Tool

An Excel spreadsheet to help your team plan out their year and how to hit their target.

Productivity Calculator

How to get more out of every day and see where the time is going.

Choose the Best Training Option For Your Team

An image of a notepad and a potted plant in the background, a yellow paint in-between, and the number 2 above the paint.

On-Demand Access to the Online Course For Your Team Members

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Live Webinar Series Presented to Your Team

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Live Workshop in Your Office

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