No, seriously. I have no idea how their infrastructure came to be. I mean, the concept of billable hours makes no sense for clients, it's a structure designed for abuse. The lawyer essentially HAS to, it'd be stupid not to.
Moreover, they work 80-90 hours a week and generally overtax those who work there while there half of last year's law school graduating classes are still looking for a job. I don't understand why they torture themselves so horribly when there is an easy and ready solution, namely hiring these unemployed lawyers on as mercenary or for contract work. That seems to me to make sense, but then again I'm not a lawyer.
There is just so much strange and arbitrary in the way these firms deal with one another that I am only beginning to observe, much less understand. I must confess, law school has to be necessary. How else can the learn all the secret hand shakes and code words required to operate in a world where tradition is gravity and time cannot be shared especially if it is killing you.
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