Work remotely on your own schedule and get paid by the hour. Leverage your legal skills for a consistent revenue stream and an enjoyable work experience, without the overhead of your own clients.
How it works
Built for practicing attorneys: create a profile, get verified, and start picking up hourly work. We handle verification, time-keeping, and weekly pay.
Create a free profile and tell us your practice areas, jurisdictions, and years of experience.
We verify your bar admission and credentials, then match you to hourly work that fits your practice areas and availability.
Log your hours on the platform. Timecards go out Mondays, the hiring attorney reviews through Friday, and undisputed hours are paid weekly by direct deposit. We handle your tax documentation.
What you can earn
You set your rate within the range for your experience level. Undisputed hours are paid weekly.
Research, memos, and document review to build a steady stream of hourly work.
Substantive drafting, hearings, and ongoing matter support that build on your experience.
Complex and specialized work that draws on your deepest expertise.
Log your hours on your dashboard, which shows your weekly maximum plus hours this week, this month, and last month. Timecards go out Mondays, the hiring attorney reviews through Friday, and undisputed hours are paid weekly by direct deposit. We handle your tax documentation, and you carry no malpractice insurance: the work does not put you in the practice of law, so professional responsibility stays with the hiring attorney.
Why hourly
Leverage your legal skills for a consistent revenue stream and an enjoyable work experience, on your own schedule.
Pick up as many or as few hours as you want. Some weeks are busy and others quiet, so it pairs well with your own practice.
Log hours on the platform and undisputed time is paid weekly by direct deposit. We handle your tax documentation.
Use your legal skills for a consistent revenue stream without the cost and effort of bringing in your own clients.
Start picking up hourly work this week
Frequently asked
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It lets you work as a remote associate on an as-needed hourly basis. Some weeks there may be a lot of work and other weeks little or none, so it pairs well with your own practice.
There is no minimum. Every opportunity lists an estimated duration and weekly hours, and you can opt out of the Hourly Associate program at any time.
Your dashboard shows the set maximum weekly hours, hours logged this week, this month, and last month. Hours are due Sundays, timecards go out Mondays, and the hiring attorney reviews them through Friday.
You are not required to carry professional liability insurance. The work does not put you in the practice of law, so professional responsibility and the final work product stay with the hiring attorney.
Any type of written work: legal research, discovery, and drafting documents of any kind.
Weekly. Payments are made by direct deposit and LAWCLERK initiates them on Mondays; depending on your bank they may take a few days to land.
Ready to begin
Free to join. Set your own rate. Pick up the hours you want.