Question 1 Consider a law firm with 15 lawyers and 3

Last updated: 2/16/2024

Question 1 Consider a law firm with 15 lawyers and 3 paralegals The firm is struggling to keep up with the high demand for its services particularly during the busy litigation seasons It has been observed that the lawyers spend a significant amount of their time on administrative tasks that could potentially be handled by paralegals After a careful study of the work distribution within the firm it was determined that 35 of the activities carried out by the lawyers are administrative in nature Given that each lawyer works 50 hours a week please determine a How many additional paralegals should the firm hire to handle the administrative tasks currently performed by the lawyers b If the lawyers time spent on administrative tasks is redirected to billable legal work by what percentage could the firm potentially increase its billable hours