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How it works

Post a Project

  • Get the help you need across all practice areas

  • Upload any document pertaining to the work you need done

  • No long-term commitment

Review & Select Talent

  • Discover new talent on our platform

  • Review remote associate profiles and select the one(s) you want to work with

  • Agree on terms of engagement

Work and Payment

  • Pay the agreed upon flat fee

  • Payment goes into escrow until the work is completed

  • Review and accept work completed

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Get the exact help you need.

Perfect for quick turn around engagements.

Build professional relationships with talented lawyers.

No long-term commitments.

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“I started using LAWCLERK a little over a year ago for project-based work. More recently I needed several lawyers to assist on a mass tort case, over a period of several months.  The lawyers had to gather and evaluate information for plaintiff fact sheets and coordinate documents in support of each of the plaintiffs’ claims. LAWCLERK stepped up in a huge way, vetted a team of lawyers to work with us, and it has been a seamless process.”

Eric Ratinoff,

CA Attorney

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What is LAWCLERK?

LAWCLERK was built by attorneys that understand that in order to have a successful law practice in the 21st century, you must evolve and adapt your business model. You must be flexible and nimble to meet your clients’ needs. You must have the resources to power your firm – whether that means taking bigger cases, a higher volume of cases, additional practice areas, or having the resources to compete with bigger firms.

 

LAWCLERK connects you with our extensive network of freelance lawyers and gives you the systems and tools you need to seamlessly select and work with your chosen on-demand attorneys. We handle the vetting, payment, and tax reporting, as well as provide a mechanism for you to bill your client for the work you delegate.

LAWCLERK additionally ensures that a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement is executed for every project, provides a two-tier conflicts check process, provides a secured and encrypted chat and document library to allow you to safely and securely share documents, and allows you to build your hand-selected teams of on-demand associates.

 

To ensure your success, we also provide you with your own Dedicated LAWCLERK Advisor to assist you with putting LAWCLERK to work for you.

 

Join thousands of successful attorneys using LAWCLERK to increase profitability, efficiency, flexibility, and to get more done!

How does LAWCLERK work?


Step 1
Register for an account. It is free and takes less than 2 minutes.

Step 2
We give you a Dedicated LAWCLERK Advisor to answer all your questions and help you put LAWCLERK to work for you.

Step 3
Get work done! It’s quick and easy! You can start by posting your work to the marketplace and our talented freelancer lawyers will apply to you or you can build a team of your hand-selected on-demand lawyers to work with on repeat.

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To post a project

  • Pick a project.  Do you need an appellate brief, MSJ, opposition, reply, memo, lease, contract, purchase agreement, discovery responses, blog, or anything else drafted?
    You will be provided a document library to share documents with the Lawclerk, as well as the Lawclerk’s phone number and email, and a secure and encrypted communication portal so that you can discuss the work you need done.The Lawclerk will get to work and provide you with an initial draft (if requested).You can review the initial draft and request revisions just like if the work was completed by an associate or paralegal in your firm.Your credit card will be charged the flat fee price you set when you select the Lawclerk you want to work with, which funds will be held in escrow until you approve the final work product.When you get the final document, you will also get a time card so you can bill the Lawclerk’s time to your client if you choose.
  • Log into your account and click “post a project.”
  • Provide a brief description of what you need drafted, your deadlines, and the flat fee price you will pay for the work.
  • Freelance attorneys (we call them “Lawclerks”) with applicable experience will apply to you.
  • Review the applicants’ resumes, writing samples, and reviews from other attorneys of the applicants and select the Lawclerk you want to work with.
  • You will be provided a document library to share documents with the Lawclerk, as well as the Lawclerk’s phone number and email, and a secure and encrypted communication portal so that you can discuss the work you need done.
  • The Lawclerk will get to work and provide you with an initial draft (if requested).
  • You can review the initial draft and request revisions just like if the work was completed by an associate or paralegal in your firm.
  • Your credit card will be charged the flat fee price you set when you select the Lawclerk you want to work with, which funds will be held in escrow until you approve the final work product.
  • When you get the final document, you will also get a time card so you can bill the Lawclerk’s time to your client if you choose.

To build a team:

  • Log into your account and click “build a team.”
  • You have the ability to make your name visible on the team post or post anonymously.  Our recommendation is to have your name visible as Lawclerks are more inclined to apply to teams when they can see your profile.
  • Next you’ll want to name your team.  Ex. Discovery Team or Employment Law Team.
  • Your Team Description is up next.  We recommend adding as much informantion as possible. The more detailed and precise you  are in who you are looking for, the more attractive your post will look to potential applicants. Identify: (i) the type of experience you are looking for – be specific (number of years of practice, trial experience, etc.); (ii) the type of work you anticipate giving to the Lawclerks on your team; (iii) any useful or interesting information about your work or firm; and (iv) if you know, the frequency with which you anticipate assigning work.
  • Finally, note the areas of law.   Once you’ve completed these steps and clicked next, your team will officially be posted to the marketplace.  This sends out a notification to all of our Lawclerks who have identified an interest in your areas of law.
  • To view your team applicants, you simply need to open your team from your dashboard and begin reviewing their bios, resumes, writing samples, and reviews.
  • Simply click on “accept” to add an applicant to your team.
How is Hourly Associate different than LAWCLERK’s Subscription Program?

With Subscription, Hiring Attorneys and Remote Associates establish a longer-term relationship, committing to working together for between 30 and 160 hours per four weeks, thereby allowing a deeper integration into the Hiring Attorneys firm and caseload. Think of subscriptions as hiring a quarter of an associate (40 hrs/mo), half an associate (80 hrs/mo), or three quarters of an associate (120 hrs/mo). Subscription also offers the ability for Remote Associates to function as full attorneys, meaning that they can interact with the Hiring Attorney’s clients, handle depositions, and go to court. With Hourly Associate, you select a Remote Associate to work with for a more limited period of time without a commitment to a set number of hours and you pay as you go for the hours logged by your Remote Associate.

How does Hourly Associate work?

You begin by posting an hourly associate opportunity on the Site. The post will include, among other information, a detailed description of the work needed, the length of engagement (in months), the monthly expectation of hours (ex. 20-40 hours/month), the anticipated maximum hours needed per week, and the hourly rate. Remote Associates will apply to the opportunity and when they apply, their profile will be presented to you to review. You can then select your preferred applicant. Once selected, the Remote Associate will review any conflicts you have provided in the post. If there are no conflicts, the Hourly Associate opportunity will move into “in process” at which point you and the Remote Associate will be provided a dashboard in which matters can be created, documents exchanged, you can chat and video conference with the Remote Associate. The Remote Associate will also log their time in the dashboard so you can bill it to your clients.

How much do I pay as a retainer to get started with Hourly Associate?

The retainer will be the greater of: (i) $2,000, or (ii) the maximum weekly hours multiplied by the hourly rate you set. The retainer will be evergreen which means it will be reloaded as you pay the Remote Associate for work.

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