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Law’s broken billing model
There’s an absurdity at the heart of legal billing: the more efficient you are at your job, the less you earn. In other words, the faster you solve a problem, the less you can bill for it.
Sebastian Elawny
Feb 182 min read


Stop putting lawyers on pedestals. Start putting clients first.
The legal profession's biggest problem isn't technology, regulation, or competition. It's ego. We've spent centuries building a profession based on exclusivity, complexity, and intellectual superiority. We call it "practicing law" as if we're still students, yet we expect clients to treat us like oracles. I see lawyers creating artificial barriers to make services seem more valuable. We use legal jargon to maintain information asymmetry (see what I did there?). We price based
Sebastian Elawny
Sep 4, 20251 min read


We have a monopoly on legal advice, yet we're giving away our most valuable services
Let me blow your mind: The legal profession is the only industry where competitors literally cannot enter the market (thanks, Law Societies!), yet we consistently undervalue and underprice our core services.
Sebastian Elawny
Aug 19, 20251 min read
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