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How do you record your billable AI chat time?

Time spent chatting or using other AI tools for legal analys...
Floppy Set Hissy Fit
  06/04/26
It’s just another tool. Do you ever list Microsoft off...
Underhanded crusty boistinker
  06/04/26
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Federal vigorous macaca base
  06/04/26
yes
thriller stubborn kitchen
  06/04/26
Nope. But sometimes I see kooky in-house lawyers who go out ...
Floppy Set Hissy Fit
  06/05/26
It’s usually paralegals or similar types reviewing inv...
Underhanded crusty boistinker
  06/06/26
>are very often billable time when is it NOT billable ...
Federal vigorous macaca base
  06/04/26
argue with AI that 12 cases in draft brief are hallucinated ...
Federal vigorous macaca base
  06/04/26
Same way I do with time wasted on xo.
racy awkward fat ankles
  06/04/26
wasted???
thriller stubborn kitchen
  06/04/26
Well, at least in the context of value provided to clients
racy awkward fat ankles
  06/04/26
???????
thriller stubborn kitchen
  06/04/26
Yeah it's kind of like the sound of one hand clapping. Hard ...
racy awkward fat ankles
  06/05/26
i record it as however long it wouldve taken me to do it. so...
swashbuckling yellow space
  06/04/26
...
Floppy Set Hissy Fit
  06/05/26
...
Appetizing Bright Bawdyhouse
  06/06/26
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Appetizing Bright Bawdyhouse
  06/06/26


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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:12 PM
Author: Floppy Set Hissy Fit

Time spent chatting or using other AI tools for legal analysis, document drafting, and the like are very often billable time. Does anyone specifically mention that it's AI time?

I don't. I record it as analysis, drafting, research strategy, whatever.

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:14 PM
Author: Underhanded crusty boistinker

It’s just another tool. Do you ever list Microsoft office or westlaw specifically?

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: Federal vigorous macaca base



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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:29 PM
Author: thriller stubborn kitchen

yes

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Date: June 5th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: Floppy Set Hissy Fit

Nope. But sometimes I see kooky in-house lawyers who go out of their way to say things like, "I wouldn't even consider outside counsel who don't use AI to be more efficient." It made me wonder whether lawyers were using time records to address things like that.

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Date: June 6th, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: Underhanded crusty boistinker

It’s usually paralegals or similar types reviewing invoices

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: Federal vigorous macaca base

>are very often billable time

when is it NOT billable time?

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:20 PM
Author: Federal vigorous macaca base

argue with AI that 12 cases in draft brief are hallucinated (7.2)

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:22 PM
Author: racy awkward fat ankles

Same way I do with time wasted on xo.

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:29 PM
Author: thriller stubborn kitchen

wasted???

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:35 PM
Author: racy awkward fat ankles

Well, at least in the context of value provided to clients

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:58 PM
Author: thriller stubborn kitchen

???????

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Date: June 5th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: racy awkward fat ankles

Yeah it's kind of like the sound of one hand clapping. Hard yl wrap your head around two equally worthless activates for my client but one they pay me a lot for. Although they unwittingly pay for both.

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Date: June 4th, 2026 1:38 PM
Author: swashbuckling yellow space

i record it as however long it wouldve taken me to do it. so, usually = time using AI x 10.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5871058&forum_id=2…id#49915087)



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Date: June 5th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: Floppy Set Hissy Fit



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Date: June 6th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Appetizing Bright Bawdyhouse



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Date: June 6th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Appetizing Bright Bawdyhouse

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