The New Legal Career Trap: Being Busy but Not Marketable

Many lawyers are busy, billing hours, and doing good work—but still not building market value. Here is why attorneys and law students need to focus on marketable experience, not just workload.

Being busy feels like success.

For lawyers, this is especially true.

A full inbox feels important. A packed calendar feels productive. A high billable-hour month feels like proof that you are valuable.

But the legal market does not always see it that way.

Many attorneys are working extremely hard while quietly making themselves less marketable.

They are bill…