Get quality legal assistance quickly and easily. Post a project and let verified freelance lawyers apply, bring one on hourly for ongoing support, or hand-pick a team you return to. Flat fee or hourly, pay as you go, with funds released only when you approve.
How it works
Three ways to bring on contract lawyers: open the work to the marketplace, assemble a hand-picked bench you can return to whenever work comes in, or bring counsel on hourly for ongoing support.
Post a project with scope, deadlines, and the flat fee you'll pay. Or create a team, name it, and specify practice areas. Or bring counsel on hourly when the work is ongoing rather than a defined scope.
Verified freelance lawyers apply. Review credentials, profiles, and prior reviews, then choose your attorney or accept candidates to your team.
Share documents through the secure portal, review the draft, request revisions, and approve. Your card is charged only on final approval.
Benefits
Contract lawyers let you flex capacity up and down, reach specialized expertise on demand, and grow billable output without the cost and commitment of a full-time hire.
Engage as much or as little help as you need. Scale up for a big case, scale down when it closes.
Bypass lengthy traditional hiring. Post in minutes and get qualified applicants without the resume pile.
Reach attorneys across practice areas and experience tiers, with the right skill set for each matter.
Take on more matters and generate more revenue without adding headcount to your payroll.
You set the price. You pay as you go, releasing funds only when you approve, so cost is locked in and risk-free.
Counsel works inside a secure portal, and you receive a timecard to re-bill your own clients transparently.
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A contract lawyer is a verified freelance attorney you engage for legal work without a full-time commitment. Post a project to the marketplace and let lawyers apply, build a hand-picked team you return to for repeat work, or bring one on hourly for ongoing support.
For project work you set a flat fee when you select your attorney. Hourly engagements are billed by the hour instead. Either way it's free to post: your card is only charged once you select counsel, and you pay as you go, releasing payment only when you approve the final work.
Posting a project opens the work to the marketplace and qualified freelancers apply. Building a team lets you assemble a roster of hand-selected lawyers (by practice area) that you can delegate to again and again.
With pay as you go, payment is released only after you review the deliverable and accept it as complete. You can request revisions before approving.
Yes. You can engage one project by project at a flat fee when the scope is defined, or as an Hourly Associate billed by the hour when the work is ongoing. The same verified attorneys are available either way, so you can pick whichever suits the matter.
LAWCLERK facilitates payment and provides records for the engagement. Freelance attorneys are independent contractors, and the platform supplies the documentation you need for clean bookkeeping.
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