Monday, December 01, 2003
One way that lawyers are achieving balance is to provide specific services free-lance...
law.com - Article on "MODEL WORK
At DuPont, where the Legal Model has been in place for 11 years, a group of nine outside providers is used for a variety of services. The companies range from LRN (legal research providers-MM) to Kelly Law Registry, which provides a team of temp lawyers.
Those two companies are part of the growing niche of non-firm legal providers. John Mullenholz of Washington, D.C.-based Staffwise said his company employs a team of lawyers to do document production, review and coding. The attorneys, he said, are generally part-timers who have decided they want flexible schedules to raise families or pursue other careers.
Axiom Legal Solutions Inc., a New York-based network of freelance lawyers, started three years ago with 'a handful of big-firm associates,' said Mark Harris, the company's CEO. Business has increased by 300 percent since then, he said, and the company has 50 lawyers on assignment. "
law.com - Article on "MODEL WORK
At DuPont, where the Legal Model has been in place for 11 years, a group of nine outside providers is used for a variety of services. The companies range from LRN (legal research providers-MM) to Kelly Law Registry, which provides a team of temp lawyers.
Those two companies are part of the growing niche of non-firm legal providers. John Mullenholz of Washington, D.C.-based Staffwise said his company employs a team of lawyers to do document production, review and coding. The attorneys, he said, are generally part-timers who have decided they want flexible schedules to raise families or pursue other careers.
Axiom Legal Solutions Inc., a New York-based network of freelance lawyers, started three years ago with 'a handful of big-firm associates,' said Mark Harris, the company's CEO. Business has increased by 300 percent since then, he said, and the company has 50 lawyers on assignment. "
