However, the firmâs submission for the associationâs current NALP Directory of Legal Employers reports that it has a âminimum billable hour expectation.â In 2011, DLA Piperâs âaverage annual associate hours workedâ (both billable and nonbillable) was 2,462; the billable average was 1,831.
Someone who makes decisions based only on an objective perception of reality rather than emotions or personal benefit. A nihilist is not a self-aggrandizing narcissist who beleives that they are above the law. A Nihilist is someone who does not take pleasure from indulgence, therefore serial killers and insane dictators are not nihilists.
A geneticist is someone who studies and works to apply his or her knowledge of genetics, a branch of biological sciences that involves heredity and natural variation in living organisms. These scientists primarily focus on the passage of traits from parents to offspring through generations, though this is far from the only area of interest.