Ethics Of Freelance Lawyering Archives - Flex Legal | Lawyers Helping Lawyers https://flexlegalnetwork.com/category/ethics-of-freelance-lawyering/ Freelance Lawyers Helping Lawyers Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:36:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/flexlegalnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-cropped-FlexLegal-Icons-GreyFlex-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ethics Of Freelance Lawyering Archives - Flex Legal | Lawyers Helping Lawyers https://flexlegalnetwork.com/category/ethics-of-freelance-lawyering/ 32 32 220080731 Ethics of Freelance Lawyering Series: Confidentiality https://flexlegalnetwork.com/ethics-of-freelance-lawyering-series-confidentiality/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:56:43 +0000 http://box5713.temp.domains/~flexlega/?p=2509 This post if part of our series "The Ethics of Freelance Lawyering" and answers the common question: How do freelance lawyers maintain their duty of confidentiality?

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]]> 2509 Canadian Courts Encourage Use of Freelance Lawyers https://flexlegalnetwork.com/canadian-courts-encourage-use-of-freelance-lawyers/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 20:17:21 +0000 http://box5713.temp.domains/~flexlega/?p=3599 by Erin Cowling (Founder & CEO, Flex Legal) Over 10 years ago, I started my own non-traditional practice assisting other lawyers and law firms with their overflow legal work. I wasn’t sure what to call myself: research lawyer? contract lawyer? associate for hire? I eventually settled on “freelance lawyer”, a term used in the UK […]

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]]> 3599 Ethics of Freelance Lawyering: Is There Ever an Ethical Duty to Hire a Freelance Lawyer? https://flexlegalnetwork.com/ethics-of-freelance-lawyering-is-there-ever-an-ethical-duty-to-hire-a-freelance-lawyer/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:35:53 +0000 http://box5713.temp.domains/~flexlega/?p=2503 (Updated May 12, 2022) This is the fourth post in our series on the “Ethics of Freelancing” series. The previous posts in the series were on: “The Duty of Confidentiality”; “Avoiding Conflicts of Interest“; and “Marking-Up Freelance Lawyers’ Fees”. This post examines when a lawyer might have an ethical duty or obligation to engage the […]

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]]> 2503 The Ethics of Freelance Lawyering: Marking-Up Fees https://flexlegalnetwork.com/the-ethics-of-freelance-lawyering-marking-up-fees/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 18:38:06 +0000 http://box5713.temp.domains/~flexlega/?p=2505 Lawyers and law firms who hire Flex freelance lawyers often ask us: How do I bill out the freelance lawyer’s time or cost to my client? In response we have drafted our own “How To Guide: Billing Out & Marking-Up Flex Freelance Lawyers’ Fees to Clients” based on our research and analysis.   While we recommend you review […]

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]]> 2505 Ethics of Freelance Lawyering: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest https://flexlegalnetwork.com/ethics-of-freelance-lawyering-avoiding-conflicts-of-interest/ Fri, 24 May 2019 18:42:17 +0000 http://box5713.temp.domains/~flexlega/?p=2507 This is the second post in our series on the “Ethics of Freelance Lawyering”. This post examines best practices to avoid conflicts of interest while freelancing or when hiring a freelance lawyer. (Our first post was on Confidentiality) What should Freelance Lawyers do to Avoid Conflicts of Interest?Avoiding conflicts of interest is an important duty for […]

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