Ropes & Gray expands AI billable-hour credit (up to 100 hours) to 1,000+ associates and counsel; Akerman runs parallel credit portal
- Significance
- Medium
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Ropes & Gray LLP is putting structure around firm-wide AI use. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Ropes & Gray now lets all associates and counsel (1,000+) count up to 100 hours of AI experimentation and training toward billable requirements, and says it has invested over 35,000 associate hours in AI this year. Akerman separately lets associates earn credit via an internal portal for AI projects that create firm value. Expands the earlier TrAIlblazers and first-year immersion programs. Reuters first reported.
- Significance
- Medium
- Source type
- Trade Press
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