Law.com Trendspotter: Billable Hours Are Smothering Associates—and Any Attempts to Help Them

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Associate mental health and wellbeing are deteriorating at an alarming rate, thanks in large part to billable hour requirements compounding the many additional stressors that have been brought about by the pandemic over the past year-plus. But are alternative fee arrangements and additional time off the cure? It comes down to execution and expectations.