Hire a Paralegal.
Drafting, evidence and research, prepared for review.
Also called: Paralegal Virtual Assistant, Paralegal Assistant, Virtual Paralegal
From £3.50 an hour£3.50-17/hr
- Legal
- Works your hours
- Nigeria hub, on London time or an hour ahead
- Month to month
- Prepares first drafts of correspondence, affidavitsDrafting
- Collects, indexes and organises client documents and evidenceEvidence and documents
- Researches stated factual and legal questionsResearch
- Prepares and lodges court and agency filings once a lawyer approves themProcedure and filingDoing
Pick the level. See the price.
£3.50an hour
Level 1 of 4, also called junior.Enters form data from questionnaires, indexes documents and builds chronologies from templates.
- Draft forms populated from client data
- Document indexes
- Chronology tables
£7an hour
Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Manages the procedural workflow on a caseload of routine matters.
- Filing-ready application packages
- First drafts of discovery responses and routine pleadings
- Research memos
£10.50an hour
Level 3 of 4, also called senior.Owns outcomes on complex matters.
- RFE or request-for-information response binders
- Trial and hearing bundles with chronologies
- Complex estate accounts
£17an hour
Level 4 of 4, also called lead or specialist.Leads a paralegal team and designs matter workflows and checklists in the practice management system.
- Practice-area workflow templates and automations
- Paralegal playbooks and training modules
- QA audit reports
Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management. Prices exclude VAT.
What you hand to your Paralegal
Tasks
Drafting
- Prepares first drafts of correspondence, affidavits
- Updates precedents and checklists when rules or forms change
Evidence and documents
- Collects, indexes and organises client documents and evidence
- Builds chronologies and document lists from the file
- Prepares disclosure or discovery productions
Research
- Researches stated factual and legal questions
Procedure and filing
- Prepares and lodges court and agency filings once a lawyer approves them
- Dockets procedural deadlines
Client and third-party liaison
- Gathers client information through questionnaires
- Deals with courts, registries, agencies
Specialisation workflows
- Requests medical records, compiles special damages
- Builds document checklists
- Prepares ASIC, Companies House or Secretary of State filings
- List assets and liabilities
Week one
- Sets up e-filing and agency portal access under firm-controlled accounts
- Hands over the precedent library, checklists, style guide and practice-area SOPs
- Reviews active matters with the supervising lawyer
- Explains docketing rules and the double-check protocol for every date
Tools
Work tools
- Clio Manage
- Actionstep
- LEAP
- Smokeball
- Filevine
- MyCase
- NetDocuments
- iManage
- Westlaw
- LexisNexis
- AustLII
- BAILII
- Docketwise
- INSZoom
- LawLogix
- ImmiAccount
- USCIS online account
- USPTO Trademark Center / TSDR
Tested live in the tools on your job description.
AI tools
Tested in the AI features of the tools you use, including catching the AI's mistakes.
Works inside your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, under your admin settings.
- Microsoft 365Copilot
- Google WorkspaceGemini
AI
AI can speed up drafting, summaries and first-pass research. Your Paralegal checks every citation at the source, and the lawyer signs off.
First drafts from your precedents
Routine letters and documents drafted from the firm's own precedents, checked line by line.
Chronologies and summaries
Long documents summarised into chronologies and issue lists, with page references checked.
First-pass research
A starting list of authorities, every one opened and checked. Courts have dealt with AI-invented citations, so nothing unverified goes in.
Proofreading and consistency
Defined terms, cross-references and numbering checked with AI help, then by eye.
Our rule: business-grade AI only, never free or personal accounts.
Prefer no AI on a task? Tell your Paralegal and they won't use it.See AI & automation roles
Tested before you meet them
- Legal reading and summary testAll levels45 min
- Specialisation form-preparation work sampleAll levels60 min
- Drafting from precedentIntermediate and up60 min
- Research tool testAll levels30 min
- Scope and ethics scenarioAll levels20 min
- Half-day trialExpert and Specialist4 hrs
Sample shown
85%
- Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
- English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
- ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees
From booked call to day one
Step 1: Book a demo
Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.
Step 2: Meet your shortlist
Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.
Step 3: Pick your person
Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.
Step 4: They start work
In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.
Questions answered
An Intern Paralegal is £3.50 an hour, Intermediate £7, Expert £10.50 and Specialist £17, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month. Prices exclude VAT.
Drafting, evidence and documents, research and procedure and filing, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.
Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including legal reading and summary test, specialisation form-preparation work sample and drafting from precedent. You see the score before you meet.
Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.
Meet the people who fit your work.
A 15‑minute call on Teams. You leave knowing the level you need and its hourly price.