This statistic depicts the average amount of time spent per week attorneys in the United States spent on billable work other than meeting clients or representing clients in court in 2020. During the survey, 75 percent of respondents reported spending 20 hours or more per week on non-client facing billable work such as legal research, court filings and administrative/managerial work.
How many hours per week do you typically spend on work other than meeting with clients or representing clients in court?*
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Martindale. (June 22, 2020). How many hours per week do you typically spend on work other than meeting with clients or representing clients in court?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869589/us-legal-services-time-spent-on-other-billable-work/
Martindale. "How many hours per week do you typically spend on work other than meeting with clients or representing clients in court?*." Chart. June 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869589/us-legal-services-time-spent-on-other-billable-work/
Martindale. (2020). How many hours per week do you typically spend on work other than meeting with clients or representing clients in court?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869589/us-legal-services-time-spent-on-other-billable-work/
Martindale. "How Many Hours per Week Do You Typically Spend on Work Other than Meeting with Clients or Representing Clients in Court?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869589/us-legal-services-time-spent-on-other-billable-work/
Martindale, How many hours per week do you typically spend on work other than meeting with clients or representing clients in court?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869589/us-legal-services-time-spent-on-other-billable-work/ (last visited May 23, 2024)
How many hours per week do you typically spend on work other than meeting with clients or representing clients in court?* [Graph], Martindale, June 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869589/us-legal-services-time-spent-on-other-billable-work/