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Ropes & Gray lets 1,000-plus associates credit 100 hours of AI experiments to billables
Ropes & Gray is expanding AI training credits so more than 1,000 associates and counsel can count up to 100 hours of AI experimentation and training toward annual billable-hour requirements, Reuters reported in its Billable Hours column; ABA Journal and Above the Law also covered it. The firm said it has invested more than 35,000 associate hours in AI time this year; Akerman has separately credited AI projects since April.
Announcement (Reuters) → · ABA Journal, Above the Law
Key points
- Ropes & Gray now lets more than 1,000 associates and counsel credit up to 100 hours of AI experimentation and training toward annual billing requirements.ReutersABA Journal
- The expansion builds on a 2025 pilot that let first-years devote up to 20% of required billable hours—nearly 400 hours—to AI training and simulations.ReutersABA Journal
- A firm spokesperson said Ropes invested more than 35,000 associate hours in AI time this year under the credit program.ReutersABA Journal
- Knowledge management innovation director Patrick Ryan said all first-years participated and the firm found the pilot a huge success.Reuters
- Akerman has since April credited AI-related projects that contribute firm value, including a construction-contract review agent, via an internal portal, chairman Scott Meyers said.ReutersAbove the Law