While more and more law firms and in-house legal departments are using freelance lawyers for their overflow work, we are still often asked “What is a freelance lawyer” and “Why would I use one?” To help answer these questions, Flex Lawyer Heather Cross has written this helpful blog post “Seven Reasons to Hire a Freelance Lawyer”: 1. […]
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This is the 7th post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex lawyers. Today’s post is by Carol MacPherson. I have been a lawyer for over thirty years. I started my career as a junior partner in a three person firm, the first all-female firm in Mississauga in fact. When that
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This is the fifth post in our series “How I became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Lauren Heuser: I have always loved reading and writing. It’s the reason I chose to do an undergraduate degree in English Literature and one of the reasons I chose to pursue a career in
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This is the fourth post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Laura Chaves Paz. After finishing law school in Canada, I started looking for opportunities to work in international law with clients seeking advice on how to navigate the challenges of moving across different legal
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This is the third post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Lisa Eisen. Running my own small business as a freelance family law lawyer was never part of my master plan. Of course, that may be because I had no master plan. I went to
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This is the second post in our series “How I Became A Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Heather Cross: I became a freelance lawyer when I was five months pregnant with my second son. After articling, I worked for the Cornwall Public Inquiry for nearly four years. The work was
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This post is the first in our series by our Flex Lawyers called: “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer”. Each Flex Lawyer has a unique story and the posts will provide some insight into how one becomes a freelance lawyer. Our first post is by Erin Cowling: I am often asked the question: “How did you
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