What remote legal jobs are available?

Remote legal roles include paralegal ($50,000-$80,000), legal assistant ($42,000-$60,000), contract attorney ($45-$110/hour), document review attorney ($35-$65/hour), legal writer ($58,000-$90,000), compliance specialist ($70,000-$110,000), and in-house counsel ($130,000-$220,000). E-discovery and contract review offer the highest volume of remote attorney positions. Legal operations roles ($90,000-$170,000) are 85% remote.

How much do remote paralegals make?

Remote paralegals earn $50,000-$85,000 annually. Entry-level paralegals start at $45,000-$55,000, experienced paralegals earn $55,000-$72,000, and senior paralegals command $70,000-$85,000. Specialized paralegals (IP, M&A, litigation) earn 15-25% premiums. Freelance paralegals charge $30-$60/hour. Paralegal certificates from ABA-approved programs increase starting salary by $5,000-$10,000 compared to non-certified candidates.

Can lawyers work remotely?

Lawyers work remotely in transactional practice areas: contract drafting, corporate work, intellectual property, compliance, estate planning, and immigration. Document review and e-discovery are predominantly remote. Litigation requires periodic court appearances but allows 70-80% remote work. Bar admission in relevant jurisdictions is required. AmLaw 100 firms and Fortune 500 legal departments have adopted permanent hybrid and remote policies.

What skills do remote paralegals need?

Legal research proficiency (Westlaw, LexisNexis) is mandatory—paralegals conduct 60% of law firm research. Document management skills for organizing case files and discovery materials. Strong written communication for drafting correspondence and legal documents. E-discovery platform experience (Relativity, Concordance, Logikcull) is required for litigation support roles. Deadline management and confidentiality handling are critical. Paralegal certificates demonstrate foundational competency.

How do remote legal teams maintain confidentiality?

Attorney-client privilege requires identical protection for remote and in-office work. Encrypted document management systems (NetDocuments, iManage) store all files. VPN connections protect data transmission. Secure client portals enable document sharing. Private workspaces prevent unauthorized viewing. Firms provide secure laptops with remote wipe capability. State bar ethics rules approve cloud-based practice with appropriate security measures.

How do I become a paralegal?

Complete an ABA-approved paralegal certificate (6-12 months, $4,000-$12,000) or associate degree in paralegal studies. Bachelor's degree holders can complete accelerated certificate programs in 4-6 months. Entry-level positions at law firms or corporate legal departments require certification or degree. National paralegal certification (CP from NALA, RP from NFPA) enhances credentials and increases salary by $3,000-$6,000.

What is document review and how much does it pay?

Document review attorneys analyze legal documents for relevance, privilege, and responsiveness during litigation discovery. Pay ranges from $35-$65/hour for standard review to $75-$120/hour for foreign language, technical, or second-level review. Projects last 2 weeks to 6+ months. JD required; bar admission often not necessary. Staffing agencies (Hire Counsel, Special Counsel, Axiom) place attorneys on document review projects nationwide.

What is legal operations and how much does it pay?

Legal operations manages the business side of legal departments: technology implementation, vendor management, budget oversight, process optimization, and data analytics. Legal ops professionals earn $85,000-$140,000; directors earn $150,000-$220,000; heads of legal ops earn $200,000-$280,000. Background in legal, business, finance, or technology qualifies candidates. CLOC certification demonstrates expertise. Legal ops is 90% remote-friendly.

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Remote, Contract-based Dallas-Fort Worth-based Commercial/Business Litigation Paralegal Opportunity - 5+ Hours/Week

The Freelance Firm, LLC · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

The Freelance Firm, LLC

🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Paralegal

This role involves providing remote, on-demand support for commercial/business litigation legal projects for client law firms within The Freelance Firm's national network. The paralegal will be expected to handle tasks requiring strong organizational skills and adherence to deadlines.

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Hindi Document Review Attorney

Contact Government Services, LLC · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Contact Government Services, LLC

🌎 United States 💵 $50 - $70 per hour ⭐ 0-2 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

Attorneys are sought to assist with document review, privilege review, expert testimony, legal research, and foreign language translation, specifically requiring fluency in Hindi. The role involves applying familiarity with standard document review workflows like privilege/responsiveness review and redactions.

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Hebrew Document Review Attorney

Contact Government Services, LLC · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Contact Government Services, LLC

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

Attorneys are sought to assist with document review, privilege review, expert testimony, legal research, and foreign language translation tasks for various projects. The role involves applying document review workflows such as privilege/responsiveness review, redactions, and conceptual searching.

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Legal & HR Executive Recruiter 14 APPLICANTS

livingHR · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

livingHR

🌎 Georgia, United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Executive Recruiter

This full-desk role involves leading full-cycle retained and engaged executive searches for legal and HR leadership, including lateral partners, General Counsel, and CHROs, while also conducting market mapping and delivering consultative guidance. The recruiter will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, managing external accounts and providing executive-level communication and search updates.

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Commercial General Liability Adjuster (Mid-Sr. Level)

Gallagher · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Gallagher

🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal

The adjuster will apply claims management experience to analyze exposure, plan actions, and resolve Commercial General Liability (CGL) claims while interacting extensively with involved parties for effective resolution. Responsibilities also include handling claims according to policies, documenting activity efficiently, and providing empathetic customer service to claimants on behalf of clients.

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Attorney Family Law Remote/In Person Texas wide 13 APPLICANTS

Law Office of Bryan Fagan · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Law Office of Bryan Fagan

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The attorney will proactively manage family law cases from inception to completion, ensuring superior customer service through monthly status reports and weekly case reviews. Responsibilities also include making practice improvement recommendations and tracking performance metrics via quality software.

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Attorney Family Law Remote/In Person Texas wide 13 APPLICANTS

Law Office of Bryan Fagan · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Law Office of Bryan Fagan

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The attorney will proactively manage family law cases from inception to completion, ensuring superior client service through monthly status reports and weekly case reviews. Responsibilities also include making practice improvement recommendations and tracking performance metrics via quality software.

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Attorney Family Law Remote/In Person Texas wide 13 APPLICANTS

Law Office of Bryan Fagan · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Law Office of Bryan Fagan

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The attorney will be responsible for proactively managing family law cases from inception to completion, ensuring superior customer service through monthly status reports and weekly case reviews. Key duties also involve making practice improvement recommendations and tracking performance metrics via quality software.

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Attorney Family Law Remote/In Person Texas wide 12 APPLICANTS

Law Office of Bryan Fagan · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Law Office of Bryan Fagan

🌎 United States 💵 $70000 - $130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The attorney will proactively manage family law cases from inception to completion, ensuring superior customer service through monthly status reports and weekly case reviews. Responsibilities also include making recommendations for practice improvements and tracking accomplishments via practice quality software.

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PERM Paralegal 2

Ogletree Deakins · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Ogletree Deakins

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Paralegal

Under attorney supervision, the immigration paralegal is responsible for preparing and filing high-volume PERM applications for business immigration clients. This involves compiling and analyzing case facts, drafting correspondence, maintaining documentation, and communicating directly with multiple attorneys.

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CA Family Law Attorney (Contract)

Expa · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Expa

🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

Attorneys will serve as counsel for customers by reviewing prenuptial agreements generated on the company's digital platform. Key tasks include flagging important clauses, providing comments to clients, and reviewing/responding to comments from opposing counsel.

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Regulatory Submissions Manager-Kazakhstan

ICON plc · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

ICON plc

🌎 Armenia ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal

The manager will lead regulatory activities and submissions independently, providing regulatory guidance and operational support across various stages of drug development, including agency interactions and clinical trial applications. They will also contribute to developing best practices within ICON Regulatory Affairs based on regulatory process insights.

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Legal Counsel (all genders) IT-Recht

gksoftware · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

gksoftware

🌎 Germany ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Legal Counsel

The role involves advising internal departments on legal matters concerning national and international IT projects, including SaaS, licenses, and custom developments. Responsibilities also include leading contract negotiations and representing the corporate group's interests, even internationally.

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Litigation Attorney

Aldridge Pite, LLP · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Aldridge Pite, LLP

🌎 United States 💵 $100K - $120K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The Associate is responsible for handling contested/litigated matters for the Firm, including a portion of New York Commercial Foreclosure litigation, utilizing legal knowledge to facilitate the litigation process for clients in New York. Duties involve attending trials and hearings, taking and defending depositions, and potentially traveling throughout New York State as needed.

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Litigation Attorney

Aldridge Pite, LLP · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Aldridge Pite, LLP

🌎 United States 💵 $100K - $120K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The Associate is responsible for handling contested and litigated matters for the firm, including a portion of New York Commercial Foreclosure litigation, utilizing legal knowledge to facilitate the process for clients. Duties involve attending trials and hearings, taking and defending depositions, and potentially traveling throughout New York State as needed.

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Senior Litigation Attorney/ 8+ Years’ Experience (CA / NC / TX / NY / Remote)

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

🌎 United States 💵 $295K - $315K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The Senior Litigation Attorney will lead and manage litigation teams handling complex commercial matters in federal and state courts nationwide, primarily representing financial institutions in disputes related to distressed commercial real estate and loan servicing. Key duties include managing workouts, foreclosures, lender liability defense, and representing title insurance companies in various real estate claims.

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Sr. Regulatory Affairs Spclst

RadNet · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

RadNet

🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal

The Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist supports product development and regulatory activities for new digital products, including AI technologies, by providing regulatory input to ensure compliance and manage interactions with regulatory authorities. This role involves representing Regulatory Affairs on cross-functional teams, assessing documentation for submissions, assisting in SOP development, and ensuring compliance with post-marketing requirements.

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English to Brazilian Portuguese - Legal (Judiciary) Translator and /or Editor 11 APPLICANTS

GLOBAL LANGUAGE STRATEGIES · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

GLOBAL LANGUAGE STRATEGIES

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Translator

The role involves performing freelance legal translation and/or editing services from English into Brazilian Portuguese for a United States Government client. Linguists must be available during core EST hours to handle on-demand assignments.

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Bankruptcy Attorney

Aldridge Pite, LLP · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Aldridge Pite, LLP

🌎 United States ⭐ 0-2 yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The Associate Bankruptcy Attorney will manage a caseload involving bankruptcy matters, including reviewing and executing various notices and claims, conducting Chapter 13 Plan Reviews, and preparing necessary motions and pleadings for secured creditors.

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Group Head of Legal

Altery · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Altery

🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal

The Group Head of Legal will lead the global legal function, governance, and risk management, ensuring all operations comply with international and EU regulations while supporting sustainable growth. This involves developing legal strategy, overseeing regulatory engagement, managing corporate frameworks, and providing comprehensive legal support across the Group.

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Senior Analyst, Security Compliance

Kraken · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Kraken

🌎 United States 💵 $83400 - $166K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal

The role involves leading and managing SOC 1 and SOC 2 examinations under AICPA standards, partnering with external auditors to improve IT control processes, and supporting end-to-end SOX planning and execution. Responsibilities also include acting as an advisor on SOX and audit requirements, leading control gap assessments, and overseeing the quality of audit initiatives.

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Senior Analyst, Security Compliance

Kraken · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Kraken

🌎 Canada ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Legal

This role involves leading and managing SOC 1 and SOC 2 examinations, partnering with external auditors, and supporting end-to-end SOX planning and execution, including scoping and training control owners. The analyst will also act as an advisor to various teams, leading control gap assessments and driving remediation efforts for IT General Controls and IT Application Controls.

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Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, CMC

BeiGene · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

BeiGene

🌎 United States 💵 $142K - $192K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal

The Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs CMC, is responsible for developing and implementing global regulatory CMC strategies to secure and maintain market access for assigned products in coordination with internal stakeholders. This role involves managing regulatory CMC aspects for large molecules through all development phases, post-approval, and lifecycle stages, primarily focusing on creating regulatory strategies for submissions.

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Regulatory Analyst 1

University of Miami · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

University of Miami

🌎 United States ⭐ 0-2 yrs exp 💼 Legal

The Regulatory Analyst 1 conducts on-site audits, reviews consolidated records, and designs/tests treatment matrices to identify potential cancers from claims data. Responsibilities also include overseeing the accurate and timely processing, tracking, and filing of federally mandated submissions.

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Director, Legal

LATICRETE International · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

LATICRETE International

🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal

The Director, Legal will act as the sole in-house legal advisor, reporting to the CFO, overseeing corporate, regulatory, and operational legal affairs while managing external counsel. This role requires providing strategic legal guidance to support company growth, manage risk, and ensure global legal compliance across various international teams.

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Remote - Product Liability Attorney (Practice Attorney)

Morrison & Foerster, LLP · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Morrison & Foerster, LLP

🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal Attorney

The attorney will defend product manufacturers, suppliers, and resellers as trial and global coordinating counsel in complex product liability and toxic tort cases across various cutting-edge industries. Responsibilities include managing cases autonomously, drafting legal documents, responding to discovery, and overseeing document production.

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Litigation Associate (Warranty) – Remote (California)

Career Mentors, LLC · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Career Mentors, LLC

🌎 United States 💵 $150K - $165K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal

This role involves exclusively working on a team that defends automobile manufacturers, distributors, and dealers in warranty-related legal actions. Key duties include trial and arbitration preparation, motion practice, depositions, and mediation.

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Litigation Paralegal

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

🌎 United States ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal Paralegal

Key responsibilities include communicating professionally with clients and staff, and providing support to attorneys by drafting pleadings, efiling, conducting research, reviewing documents, and preparing for hearings, depositions, and mediations. The role also involves gathering and organizing client documents, assisting with discovery requests and responses, and general office support tasks.

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Senior Counsel - EU Product & Chemical Regulatory (f/m/d)

Avantor · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Avantor

🌎 Germany, United Kingdom ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Legal

This role involves providing strategic legal counsel on complex European regulatory frameworks, focusing heavily on product regulatory compliance and trade regulations for functions like Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance. The counsel will also be responsible for developing and implementing compliance strategies, engaging with regulatory authorities, and mitigating legal risks across European operations.

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Cyber Claims Manager, France (M/W)

Coalition, Inc. · Full Time · 18 Weeks Ago

Coalition, Inc.

🌎 France ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Legal

The manager will handle the intake and evaluation of complex cyber, tech, and media claims in France, coordinating external partners like breach and defense counsel. Responsibilities also include assessing liability, quantum, and coverage, and guiding third-party service providers on strategy and spend.