Freelance Lawyering

Lawyers Hiring Freelance Lawyers: How to Have a Successful Working Relationship

There are many benefits to working with a freelance lawyer to scale your law practice or assist with your overflow legal work on a temporary basis, either through one-off projects (e.g., drafting a factum or reviewing a contract) or through ongoing occasional help (e.g., a few hours a week or month). By hiring freelance help, […]

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Fighting Burnout in the Legal Profession (And How Freelance Lawyers Can Help)

Law has always been a stressful profession but add a world-wide pandemic, a looming recession, upheaval in the labour market and other modern-day stressors, and many lawyers are on the verge (or in the throes) of burnout. This is a serious issue and should not be ignored. In this article we discuss warning signs and

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Court Denies Solo Lawyer’s Last Minute Adjournment Request – Noting Availability of Freelance Lawyers to Assist

Sole practitioners face different challenges than lawyers working at larger firms. Often sole practitioners must bear the responsibility for all aspects of their client files, while also having to deal with the demanding administrative side of a law practice. They may not have the resources to hire a full-time associate or staff to assist. Without

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​Why Hiring A Freelance Lawyer is a Stress-Free & Affordable Way for Lawyers to Get More Done

It’s one of those days. It’s 6:30pm, you’ve worked all day, and you have not checked off one single item on your already too long “To-Do List”. Where did the day go? It was filled with “stuff” preventing you from finishing what needs to be finished. You know you need help, but you do not

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Ethics of Freelance Lawyering: Is There Ever an Ethical Duty to Hire a Freelance Lawyer?

(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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