Practice on your terms
Pick up freelance matters from law firms across the country. Set your rates. Choose your jurisdictions. Get paid weekly on hourly work, on acceptance for projects. Keep your own clients, never exclusive.
Free to join. Verified attorneys typically receive their first invitation within a week.How it works
Join, get verified, start working
Most verified attorneys receive their first invitation within a week. Keep your own clients. LAWCLERK is engagement-by-engagement, never exclusive.
Create account & verify
Confirm your bar admission, confirm identity. We verify with state bars directly.
Build your profile
Set your hourly rates, practice areas, jurisdictions, and weekly availability. Upload writing samples. Verified attorneys go live within 48 hours.
Pick up matters
Express interest in open matters or accept direct invitations from firms. Work under their supervision. Bill through LAWCLERK: hourly work pays weekly, projects pay on acceptance.
Browse by practice area
Find matters in your specialty
2,400+ open matters posted every month across every U.S. jurisdiction and major practice area. Set your rates; firms come to you.
Business & Corporate Law
Drafting operating agreements, by-laws, corporate resolutions, and assisting with entity formation.
Litigation
Handling civil, criminal, and appellate matters, including motion drafting, deposition summaries, and discovery.
Personal Injury
Preparing demand letters, handling settlement documentation, and drafting complaints.
Family Law
Drafting petitions, motions, and separation agreements.
Immigration Law
Preparing and reviewing petitions, applications, and supporting documents.
Estate Planning
Drafting wills, trusts, and Powers of Attorney.
Mass Tort
Managing complex multidistrict litigation (MDL) and class action projects.
Bankruptcy & Real Estate
Drafting real estate leases, handling bankruptcy filings, and contract review.
Ways to work
Choose how you take on work
Earn on your own terms, from ongoing hourly support to fixed-fee projects. Set your rates, pick your matters, and get paid without chasing invoices.
Hourly Associate
Ongoing support billed by the hour. Back a firm on research, drafting, hearings, and long-running matters, on a schedule that fits your own practice.
- Paid weekly, no chasing invoices
- Set your own hourly rate
- Work as much or as little as you want
- Build long-term client relationships
Project Work
One deliverable, one fixed fee. Take on briefs, memos, contract reviews, and discrete projects when they fit your schedule.
- Paid on acceptance, funded into escrow up front
- Fixed scope and fee, agreed before you start
- No long-term commitment
- Pick only the projects you want
Earnings
You set the rate. Get paid on schedule
Hourly engagements pay weekly: undisputed timecard amounts hit your account the Monday after review. Flat-fee projects pay when the firm accepts your completed work.
$93/hr median across the platform
Range: $70–$280/hr in 2026, set by counsel themselves. Top quartile commands $165/hr+. No floor enforced by LAWCLERK.
Paid weekly
Submit billable hours through LAWCLERK. On hourly engagements, undisputed hours hit your account weekly via direct deposit; project fees release when the firm accepts your work. No invoicing chase.
Keep your own clients
LAWCLERK is engagement-by-engagement. You're never exclusive. Pick up matters between your own clients to smooth out cash flow.
By the numbers
Thousands of attorneys. One marketplace
Eight years of growth, founded by practicing attorneys in 2018.
LAWCLERK gave me the flexibility I needed, without sacrificing quality, or the relationships I value. The cleanest billing experience I've had.
Counsel stories
Attorneys who made the leap
Real practitioners on how LAWCLERK changed the way they practice.
I left BigLaw to raise my kids. LAWCLERK lets me pick up enough matters to stay sharp and keep earning, on my own schedule.
The cleanest billing experience I've had. I submit hours, they're approved, the deposit hits Friday. No chasing.
Three or four matters a month between my own clients. Covers the gaps perfectly. Never exclusive, which is the whole point.
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