Legal work without the full-time job.

Nothing upfront. Posting a role and reading applications are free. Companies pay only when they engage a lawyer. We never take more than 10% of what you pay your lawyer as our platform fee: 10% hourly, 9% monthly, 8% quarterly, 7% half-yearly, 5% yearly. Lawyers pay nothing, ever.

Post the work, read applications and speak directly with lawyers who fit. Timing depends on availability and how quickly you agree on terms.

We verify every lawyer before they join the platform. Depending on the jurisdiction, this may include their instrument or certificate of admission, practising certificate or licence (where applicable), and any other supporting documentation to verify their qualifications and standing. We also conduct ongoing quality assurance through post-engagement ratings and feedback from companies, helping us maintain a trusted network of legal professionals.

The company and lawyer agree the terms of their work directly, including how it ends. Follow those terms and record the engagement's end on WhereLawyer. There is no guaranteed replacement or payment guarantee. There is no penalty or cost if the negotiations do not work out.

All contracts and agreements related to your employment — such as insurance, benefits, work arrangements — have to be handled between you and the employer.

That said, WhereLawyer does take a platform fee from the company. This is clearly stipulated in our Terms of Use, and it is also noted in a separate agreement signed between us and your employer, as payment is made directly by the company to WhereLawyer, rather than by you. You will also have access to this agreement.

No. Your name and firm are sealed on every screen a company sees, and applying opens nothing. You may also browse incognito. Your identity is revealed only when a company reveals your profile or schedules an interview.

In all jurisdictions that we operate in, including those where we allow company hiring, we require these companies to submit sufficient information such that we could verify their legitimacy via the individual country's registry. This is one of many ways we do due diligence to protect our users' interests.

In Singapore, for example, we reference the ACRA database via its API. Where companies wish to hire lawyers in Singapore as employees through the Platform, we verify the relevant Singapore employing entity against ACRA's records as part of our company verification process.

Select countries that we operate in have APIs that would allow us to quickly check the validity of different companies. For countries without such support, verifications may take longer, and we ask that you be patient with us as our staff will have to manually parse through the information provided to us, and compare them with official records.

In the very rare cases of early stage startups, especially those that are not yet registered in the respective country's registry, we will require some forms of company profiles, such as Y Combinator and similar venture capital sites. We may request additional documentation, if necessary.

WhereLawyer asks that all companies keep their profiles updated at all times. As set out in our Terms of Use, should we discover outdated information in our network of companies, a warning letter will be sent. If no action is taken to either update or remove the profile within 30 business days, we will suspend their rights to use our platform.

Speaking only for WhereLawyer here. Yes, you may. In fact, there is no restriction on our end on who else you may or may not work for, as the employment relationship is entered into directly between you and the hiring company, not WhereLawyer.

That said, WhereLawyer recommends that you check with other agencies that you are, and may have worked with in the past, as well as clients of yours. You should also ensure that accepting an engagement through the platform complies with any applicable professional conduct rules, regulatory requirements and contractual obligations. This is to ensure that you are, in fact, eligible to accept engagements through our platform.

Always better safe than sorry.

We love seeing successful matches potentially evolve into long-term relationships. However, because WhereLawyer invests in attracting, vetting, and matching legal talent, our Terms of Use include a 24-month Restricted Period to protect the integrity and sustainability of the platform.

Lawyers found through WhereLawyer do not work for us. Instead, they are hired directly by the company. We position ourselves as a network of legal professionals and companies needing legal support, rather than an organisation that hires lawyers and places them with clients. Because lawyers are not employed or retained by WhereLawyer, they have greater flexibility to pursue opportunities both on and off our Platform.

We facilitate hiring; but we don't do the hiring ourselves.

Contracting through WhereLawyer gives both companies and lawyers the ability to build a steady pipeline of opportunities and legal professionals. For lawyers, after each engagement, companies have the opportunity to rate them, helping to build a verified portfolio, reputation and credibility that future companies can rely on when making hiring decisions.

Similarly, companies have access to a growing pipeline of talented legal professionals. Because we want to foster a sustainable platform, we also consider how active companies have been to help ensure opportunities remain genuine and up to date.

Over time, both lawyers and companies build a trusted reputation on the Platform. The more they engage through WhereLawyer, the more valuable that reputation becomes, making it easier to secure future opportunities and attract quality talent.

We use automated tools to scan messages solely for limited indicators of attempts to arrange engagements or payments outside the WhereLawyer platform, in breach of our Terms of Use. We do not otherwise monitor or use the content of your chats, except where reasonably necessary to investigate suspected breaches, maintain platform security, comply with legal obligations, or enforce our Terms of Use. You may also refer to our Privacy Policy for more information about how we collect, use and otherwise handle your personal data.