What Comes After the Billable Hour? Ken Callander Says Firms Should Charge for Value, Not Time

What Comes After the Billable Hour? Ken Callander Says Firms Should Charge for Value, Not Time by Petra Pasternak Reading Time — 8 minutes August 12, 2026 Facebook LinkedIn Advanced AI is changing the legal industry’s traditional relationship with time. When an AI system can generate a first draft of a motion or summarize thousands of pages of evidence in minutes, the billable hour becomes a less reliable indicator of value.