How can a lawyer make money online? This is a question that always pops out of the minds of most attorneys (lawyers). As an attorney, you have several options to work from home as there are platforms where you can work and make good money so, if you are a mom who has a legal degree or you just migrated to a new country as an attorney and you need a job, this article will give you tips on how to start working online and pay your bills.
I will show you eight platforms where you can work online and still get paid as if you have a law firm of your own.
List of Platforms where attorneys (Lawyers) can work and earn from home
UpCounsel is a freelance platform for attorneys; it is majorly used by businesses or individuals that have legal documents to write or need legal advice for their business.
UpCounsel is a marketplace where businesses or individuals buy legal service from vetted attorneys that is why the system always interview attorneys before they start working on the platform.Â
The UpCounsel is quite easy to use, as an attorney, all you need to do is register with your email and pass the UpCounsel interview. You can start applying for jobs immediately from business owners that need your service at an affordable price. If you take UpCounsel seriously by applying for more jobs, you can earn between $1000-2500.
Hire an Esquire
 Hire an Esquire is a freelance platform for freelance attorneys and those with paralegal degrees that desire to join a freelance legal team online. Hire an Esquire gives attorneys (lawyers) the chance to use modern technology to work for business and provide top-notch legal services to their clients.
The platform is just like every freelance website on the internet and it is very easy to use. All you need to do is sign up with your email or phone number and get verified. Once you are verified you can start applying for jobs on the Hire an Esquire platform. Payment is done after a client accepts the job you have done.
Fiverr is one of the biggest freelance marketplaces where freelancers from different parts of the world offer their skills online. Fiverr is the easiest platform for attorneys to start earning online because there are thousands of business owners looking for attorneys that will help them fix their legal issues.
Fiverr is very easy to use as all you need to do is sign up for an account and set up a gig to either provide legal writing services or provide legal consultation. As a new user, you can use the buyer’s request section as that will help you find a freelance job easily.
Upwork is also a freelance platform where attorneys can offer their legal services to the world; Upwork has a high potential for lawyers to earn very fast as loads of American citizens use the platform for their legal consultations and writings. Attorneys that offer their service on Upwork make an average of $500-800 weekly that is if they are not consistent online.
Upwork is easy to use, to get started you need to sign up and create an account then you need to set up your profile and answer the short interview questions about your skills, when you are done with that submit your profile and wait for an acceptance email before you can create a gig on the platform.
Lawclerk is a website where law firms who need the assistance of freelance lawyers and virtual assistance to help them do a certain task come to find competent lawyers.
Lawclerk is not only for lawyers, individuals can also use the platform to obtain legal advice for their business or other legal pressing issues.
Lawclerk allows freelance attorneys to broaden their practice by working with different people all over the world while they make more money.
It is easy to register on Lawclerk, all you need to do is register with your email, verify your account and proceed to set up your profile then, start applying for jobs posted by prospective clients.
It is important to know that Lawclerk has a flat rate, which means that you will have to work with the price given to you by the platform.
LawTrades is a freelance marketplace where lawyers provide their legal services to business owners.Â
The platform is easy to use as they allow anyone that has a legal task or job to post it on the website while the system matches lawyers that are suitable for the job.
One thing about LawTrades is that they choose their lawyers by advertising legal positions online. You can apply and once you get selected, you can start working on the platform.
FlexLegal is a legal company that works with freelance lawyers, if you have been into freelancing and have practised law for a minimum of 5 years in a top legal firm then, you can apply to work with FlexLegal as a freelance lawyer.
You can join FlexLegal by simply filling out their application form and waiting for an interview that is mostly scheduled for every Friday. If you are a lawyer and you need extra an job or you have stopped practising for some time then you can try Flexlegal
Montage Legal Group is a freelance website for lawyers, the platform has been in existence since 2009 and they have been helping lawyers boost their earnings while business owners get top-notch legal services.
They help law firms or in-house legal departments to get talented freelance lawyers that will help them do some legal projects, lawyers from the United States are preferred on the platform.
Start a legal freelance website: if you do not want a bigger freelance website to take a cut from your money then the best alternative is to start your legal freelance website.
All you need to get started is to buy hosting and a domain name, you can check out Namecheap as they have amazing plans that will get you started with a low budget. To get a client you can run a google ad or use social media ad (Facebook or Instagram ad).
Another good way to attract a client to your legal freelance website is by adding a blog section to your website where legal articles are constantly posted, you can also publish a guest post on other blogs as long as it brings clients.
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I hope the article has given you a good idea of how to kick-start your freelancing career. All the above platforms mentioned have certain percentages they collect from freelancers that work on their site, but these are very little and can’t make much impact on your earnings.
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