Introduction
This guide is designed to help you present Flex Legal’s flexible legal solutions and how to pitch legal outsourcing to your law firm members, in-house team, or decision-makers. Whether you’re addressing objections or highlighting the key benefits, we’ve outlined essential talking points and strategies to help you make the case for making the shift to a more adaptable, cost-effective legal team.
Key Benefits and Cost-Saving Insights
Cost Efficiency:
There are higher costs when private practice lawyers hire full-time employees. This is also true when in-house legal counsel outsource overflow work to traditional law firms. Flex Legal helps you access top-tier lawyers at a lower cost, with competitive rates and tailored to your needs.
Scalability:
Flex Legal offers the ability to scale your law firm or legal team up or down depending on your workflow. This ensures you can respond quickly to client needs without overloading your internal resources. You also won’t be locked into long-term employment commitments.
Speed and Flexibility:
Flex Legal is committed to finding you skilled freelance lawyers on a timely basis. Need someone for a contract review or to draft a factum? We can deliver a list of vetted candidates within one business day, so you don’t waste time waiting around.
Practice Area Experience:
Flex Legal’s network includes lawyers with experience in civil litigation, family law, employment law, corporate commercial, ESG, corporate governance, immigration, and so many more areas. You can be sure you’ll get someone who understands your specific challenges and can hit the ground running.
No Overhead:
With Flex Legal, you only pay for the assistance you need, when you need it. There are no extra overhead costs to worry about.
Responses to Common Objections
Objection #1: “We’re an in-house legal team used to just doing it ourselves or outsourcing to traditional law firms.”
Response: While you can continue to do it yourself life is too short to be always in the office. And, while traditional law firms are a trusted model, they come with high costs, rigid structures, and less adaptability. Flex Legal offers the same quality of work but with the flexibility and cost-effectiveness that law firms can’t provide. By working with freelance lawyers, you get the experience you need when you need it.
Objection #2: “We’re not sure how well freelancers will understand our client files or if their work will live up to our standards.”
Response: Flex Legal’s roster is curated to include freelance lawyers who have worked in top law firms and in legal departments at leading corporations. Our freelancers have a wealth of experience. They can quickly get up to speed on a file and deliver the same quality as a full-time hire.
Objection #3: “What if we have inconsistent needs, and we need lawyers at different times?”
Response: Flex Legal is designed for flexibility! Whether your needs are intermittent or on a long-term basis, we provide legal support on demand. This ensures that you’re never paying for more than what you need, and you have the right support when necessary. You can scale up or down based on your workflow requirements without long-term commitments.
Additional Tips for Presenting Flex Legal to Leadership:
How to pitch legal outsourcing:
- Focus on ROI: Highlight the immediate cost savings and flexibility. Law firms and in-house legal departments are increasingly shifting away from high-overhead models in favor of cost-effective, on-demand solutions. Showing how Flex Legal can reduce unnecessary spend will be a key selling point.
Emphasize Efficiency: Talk about how Flex Legal can streamline legal processes and help you move files along faster (rather than waiting for that overworked associate to eventually get the work done).
Offer a Trial Run: If leadership of your firm or department is hesitant, suggest running a small-scale pilot project with Flex Legal to demonstrate its effectiveness.
This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.
