The survey of American lawyers at major law firms : hours worked on weekends, holidays and vacations / Primary Research Group.
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Title
The survey of American lawyers at major law firms : hours worked on weekends, holidays and vacations / Primary Research Group.
Published
New York, NY : Primary Research Group Inc., [2014]
Call Number
KF301 .S865 2014
ISBN
9781574403060 (pbk.)
1574403060 (pbk.)
1574403060 (pbk.)
Description
64 pages ; 28 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)890181347
Note
Results from a survey of 256 lawyers from 104 law firms (with at least 25 lawyers) -- Page 13.
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Table of Contents
Law Firms Of The Survey Participants
8
The Questionnaire
10
Survey Methodology & Sample Characteristics
13
Summary Of Main Findings
14
Billable Hours on Saturday
14
Billable Hours on Sunday
14
Billable Hours on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
14
Billable Hours on Thanksgiving
15
Billable Hours on Black Friday
15
Billable Hours on Memorial Day
15
Billable Hours on New Year's Day
15
Billable Hours on the 4th of July
15
Percentage of Saturdays that Attorneys Worked Billable Hours
15
Percentage of Sundays that Attorneys Worked Billable Hours
16
Percentage of Billable Hours Accounted for by Work On Weekends
16
Non-Billable Hour Work Time Accounted for by Work on Weekends, Holidays and Vacations
16
Number of Vacation Days Taken in the Past Year
16
Billable Hours During Vacations
16
Table 1
How many hours did you bill on each of the days specified: If you did not bill any hours on these days you should still answer the question and put 0 in each box
17
Table 1.1.1
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday?
17
Table 1.1.2
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday? Broken out by Age of Respondent
17
Table 1.1.3
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
17
Table 1.1.4
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
17
Table 1.1.5
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
18
Table 1.1.6
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
18
Table 1.1.7
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Saturday? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
18
Table 1.2.1
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday?
19
Table 1.2.2
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday? Broken out by Age of Respondent
19
Table 1.2.3
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
19
Table 1.2.4
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
19
Table 1.2.5
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
20
Table 1.2.6
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
20
Table 1.2.7
How many hours did you bill on the most recent Sunday? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
20
Table 2
How many hours did you bill on each of the holiday or special days specified: If you did not bill any hours on these days you should still answer the question and put 0 in each box
21
Table 2.1.1
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day?
21
Table 2.1.2
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day? Broken out by Age of Respondent
21
Table 2.1.3
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
21
Table 2.1.4
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
21
Table 2.1.5
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
22
Table 2.1.6
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
22
Table 2.1.7
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Day? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
22
Table 2.2.1
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve?
23
Table 2.2.2
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve? Broken out by Age of Respondent
23
Table 2.2.3
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
23
Table 2.2.4
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
23
Table 2.2.5
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
24
Table 2.2.6
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
24
Table 2.2.7
How many hours did you bill on Christmas Eve? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
24
Table 2.3.1
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day?
25
Table 2.3.2
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day? Broken, out by Age of Respondent
25
Table 2.3.3
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
25
Table 2.3.4
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
25
Table 2.3.5
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
26
Table 2.3.6
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
26
Table 2.3.7
How many hours did you bill on Thanksgiving Day? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
26
Table 2.4.1
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)?
27
Table 2.4.2
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? Broken out by Age of Respondent
27
Table 2.4.3
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
27
Table 2.4.4
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
27
Table 2.4.5
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
28
Table 2.4.6
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
28
Table 2.4.7
How many hours did you bill on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
28
Table 2.5.1
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day?
29
Table 2.5.2
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day? Broken out by Age of Respondent
29
Table 2.5.3
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
29
Table 2.5.4
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
29
Table 2.5.5
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
30
Table 2.5.6
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
30
Table 2.5.7
How many hours did you bill on Memorial Day? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
30
Table 2.6.1
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day?
31
Table 2.6.2
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day? Broken out by Age of Respondent
31
Table 2.6.3
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
31
Table 2.6.4
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
31
Table 2.6.5
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
32
Table 2.6.6
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
32
Table 2.6.7
How many hours did you bill on New Year's Day? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
32
Table 2.7.1
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July?
33
Table 2.7.2
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July? Broken out by Age of Respondent
33
Table 2.7.3
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
33
Table 2.7.4
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
33
Table 2.7.5
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
34
Table 2.7.6
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
34
Table 2.7.7
How many hours did you bill on the 4th of July? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
34
Table 3.1
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours?
35
Table 3.2
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Age of Respondent
35
Table 3.3
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
35
Table 3.4
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
36
Table 3.5
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
36
Table 3.6
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
36
Table 3.7
Over the past year, about what percentage of Saturdays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
37
Table 4.1
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours?
38
Table 4.2
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Age of Respondent
38
Table 4.3
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
38
Table 4.4
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
39
Table 4.5
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
39
Table 4.6
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
39
Table 4.7
Over the past year, about what percentage of Sundays would you say that you have worked billable hours? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
40
Table 5.1
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays?
41
Table 5.2
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays? Broken out by Age of Respondent
41
Table 5.3
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
41
Table 5.4
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
42
Table 5.5
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
42
Table 5.6
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
42
Table 5.7
Approximately what percentage of your annual billable hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday and holidays? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
43
Table 6.1
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays?
44
Table 6.2
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays? Broken out by Age of Respondent
44
Table 6.3
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
44
Table 6.4
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
45
Table 6.5
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
45
Table 6.6
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
45
Table 6.7
Approximately what percentage of your non-billable work hours would you say are accounted for by work on Saturday, Sunday or holidays? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
46
Table 7.1
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year?
47
Table 7.2
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year? Broken out by Age of Respondent
47
Table 7.3
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
47
Table 7.4
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
47
Table 7.5
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
48
Table 7.6
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
48
Table 7.7
How many vacation days did you take (take, not receive or compile) in the past year? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
49
Table 8.1
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours?
50
Table 8.2
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours? Broken out by Age of Respondent
50
Table 8.3
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
50
Table 8.4
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
50
Table 8.5
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
51
Table 8.6
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
51
Table 8.7
During your vacation days in the past year did you do any work that resulted in billable hours? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
51
Table 9.1
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year?
52
Table 9.2
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year? Broken out by Age of Respondent
52
Table 9.3
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
52
Table 9.4
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
52
Table 9.5
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
53
Table 9.6
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
53
Table 9.7
How many total billable hours did you work during your vacation days in the past year? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
54
Table 10.1
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations?
55
Table 10.2
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations? Broken out by Age of Respondent
55
Table 10.3
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
56
Table 10.4
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations? Broken out by Number of Lawyers in the Firm
56
Table 10.5
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations? Broken out by Work Title of Respondent
57
Table 10.6
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations? Broken out by Percentage of Work Time Accounted for by Litigation
57
Table 10.7
Which phrase wold you say best describes your firm's and your own attitude towards your working on holidays or during vacations? Broken out by Legal Field or Specialty
58
How do you think your firm's policies towards work on weekends or work on holidays or during vacations might be improved, if at all?
59