At home, at work and half the price

07 October 2011

Melbourne commercial barrister Andrew Meagher and co-founder Andrew Mellett say their model — where freelance lawyers are supplied to clients in need of routine” legal work — could substantially slash a company’s legal bills.

Plexus has established a network of law firm refugees”, as Meagher and Mellet call them, who are largely women wanting to balance working from home with child rearing or study. It employs lawyers on a casual basis and connects them with clients, as well as providing project management, quality control and – for an additional fee – senior lawyer oversight.

With far smaller overheads than a firm, the Melbourne-headquartered company aims to pass efficiency gains to its clients, and pays its freelancers 20 to 30 per cent more per hour than law firms pay their permanent staff.

Read the full article

Originally published in Legal Affairs, by Rachel Nickless

Read now

Subscribe

Get weekly legal transformation best practices, benchmarks and trend analysis in your inbox:

Thanks for subscribing

We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience and improve our services. By using our website, we assume you're ok with this. View our privacy policy for details.

Get your free eBook!

Modernise your legal function with the Digital Transformation Guide for General Counsels.

Digital Transformation Guide