Ditch & Switch: 50 Value-Based Pricing Examples for Law Professionals

With the advent of AI-powered legal platforms, and rapidly evolvingclient expectations, the billable hour is no longer the best means of chargingfor legal services. Instead, Value-Based Pricing – where clients can choosefrom different service levels to deliver the legal outcomes they desire – isthe business model best placed for the current age. But what does Value-BasedPricing mean in reality?

In Ditch & Switch! former law firm CEO Shaun Jardinedetails 50 Value-Based Pricing Examples for Law Professionals. The 50 examples explore three options of service(Gold, Silver, and Bronze) for private client and commercial client lawyers,across a number of legal scenarios, including:

Settlement agreementsChild custodyUnfair dismissalProperty salesWorkplace discriminationSupplier disputesJoint venturesCorporate governanceCompetition law...and over 40 others.Ditch & Switch! is a standalone guide to the world ofValue-Based Pricing for law professionals who want to see VBP in action, and isthe follow-up to Ditch The Billable Hour! Implementing Value-Based Pricingin a Law Firm, which provided a comprehensive and detailed 400-page+ VBP implementation guidefor law firm owners and partners.

About the author: Shaun Jardine is a solicitor (nownon-practising) and former CEO of a top 250 law firm, and has a unique insightinto what makes law firms tick.

Shaun founded his consultancy business – Big Yellow Penguin – in2021 with the aim of encouraging and helping lawyers and law firms to move onfrom the 20th century and adopt practices, including value-based pricing, tomake their futures more secure, both financially and operationally, and enjoypractising their craft again.