Remote Legal Work for Moms

Discover how mothers can find remote part-time work in law firms without requiring a legal degree, with roles paying between $17-$40 per hour. These positions include client intake, scheduling, billing, CRM management, social media, and administrative tasks that leverage the organizational and communication skills mothers already use daily.

• Law firms, especially small ones, actively seek trustworthy part-time remote help
• Most positions range from 5-20 hours weekly with firms willing to train the right person
• Moms make excellent candidates due to their organizational skills and emotional intelligence
• Start by identifying your transferable skills in areas like customer service, organization, or communication
• Learn basic legal terminology through free online resources
• Create a resume highlighting relevant skills, especially confidentiality
• Search for opportunities on LinkedIn, Indeed, FlexJobs, Upwork, and through local networking
• During interviews, emphasize your reliability, consistent availability, and interest in long-term growth

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Little Launch series, a mini-series
from Little Hands, big Plans, apodcast where we talk about
building a life of freedom andintention after motherhood, one
small step at a time.
In each short episode of thisseries, I'll walk you through
one practical, flexible businessidea that you can start as a
mom, right from home.
These are low-cost, practical,nap-time friendly ways to build

(00:26):
income without sacrificing theseason you're in.
Let's launch something littlethat could grow into something
big.
In today's episode, we're goingto be talking about how to find
remote, part-time work in lawfirms without a law degree.
So a common misconception isthat you need to have a

(00:47):
background in law or a legaldegree in order to work at a law
firm, and the truth is thatmany firms, especially small
ones, are actively looking forpart-time, remote help, and this
can be in things like clientintake, client management,
scheduling, billing andinvoicing, crm management,

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social media, email marketing,legal blog writing and many
other types of administrativesupport.
Many firms are looking forpeople that are trustworthy,
that they can rely on long termfor part time help, because many
firms offer boutique stylepractices.
So here is what you can expect.

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Pay ranges typically arebetween $17 and $40 per hour.
Depending on experience, mostroles can be from as little as
five hours to 20 hours or fulltime.
Most firms are also verywilling to train for the right
person.
Some things that firms look foris professional,

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detail-oriented and, importantly, to be dependable.
So many firms is a great fitfor moms that are looking to
work on a part-time basis orthat are looking to work
full-time.
But remote Law firms,especially smaller solo ones,
don't want to hire full-time.
But firms still need help withthe day-to-day operations that

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keep things running, and so momsare often the perfect fit
because in our day-to-day roleas mothers, we manage schedules
and details daily.
We're organized and emotionallyintelligent.
We want flexible and meaningfulwork and we thrive with clear
tasks and deadlines.
If you interested, this is howyou can get started.

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Step one identify your strengths.
While you don't need legalexperience, you do need to be
clear about how you can help.
What is your background in?
Do you have a past experiencein sales or customer service?
Are you really good at stayingorganized and keeping calendars
inboxes?
You really good at stayingorganized and keeping calendars

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inboxes?
Are you good at communication,which is very good for either
client communication or withopposing counsel?
Can you update spreadsheets orhandle invoices.
If your background is in, let'ssay, accounting, can you draft
basic content like newslettersor social posts.
Once you know what yourstrengths are, you want to be
also clear about what type offirms or legal area you might be

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interested in.
If you learn a little basiclegal terminology, this can go a
long way.
Look up terms like what does aretainer mean?
Client intake, what isdocketing?
What type of software dolawyers use?
If you want to go deeper, thereare free legal admin courses on
YouTube and LinkedIn Learning.

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Then you want to create asimple resume or services
profile.
You can highlight yourtransferable skills like admin,
writing, tech communication andyour ability to work fast and
work with confidentiality.
Confidentiality is extremelyimportant for most law firms
because of the type of work thatwe do.
If you're looking in your areaand you don't find someone that

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needs you, you can also offeryour services a la carte to
various different firms in thearea.
You want to search in the rightplaces.
So where would you find thesetypes of roles?
You can look on LinkedIn andconnect with local lawyers,
especially because we often postopportunities on there and also
share opportunities bycolleagues.

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There's also Indeed, wisehire,flexjobs, upworkcom and
WeWorkRemotely those tend to bethe main ones, but you can also
meet local moms and playgroupsand talk about your availability
and see if they know someone,and it never hurts to also just

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reach out locally to firms thatyou're interested in working
with and offering part-timesupport.
Next, once you land theinterview or call, you want to
emphasize what your skills are.
You're going to give examplesabout how you've done this in
the past or why you would begood at it.
Share your, your availability.
Most firms like consistency, so, even if it's 10 hours a month,

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when are those going to be?
Every Monday, you know, in themornings, afternoon, evenings
it's good to be consistent.
And you also want to highlightyour desire for long-term,
flexible role.
Most firms will want someonethat can stay with their team
long term and grow with the firm, and just remember that most
firms are more open than youthink.
They just need someone thatthey can trust.

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So that's it for today'sepisode.
Nice and short.
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