Syndicate Legal Support Services' Virtual Advanced Paralegal & Law Clerking Service is Saving Law Firms 50% to 85% versus in-house Legal Support Staff.
- STEVE MUELLER
- Apr 1
- 2 min read
Syndicate Legal Support Services' virtual Advanced Paralegal & Law Clerking services are generally cheaper than staff paralegals, and the numbers back it up. A staff paralegal in the U.S. pulls an average salary of $50,000 to $60,000 a year, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, plus benefits—health insurance, retirement contributions, paid leave—which can tack on another 20-30%. That’s $60,000-$78,000 annually for one full-time hire, not counting office space or equipment costs.
Syndicate Legal Support Services, on the other hand, work on a contract or hourly basis. Rates can range from $20 to $30 per hour, depending on the amount of hours purchased by the Law Firm. For a firm needing, say, 20 hours a week, that’s $400-$600 weekly, or $20,800-$31,200 yearly—potentially ONE HALF to ONE THIRD the cost of a staffer, with no overhead or benefits.
The catch? Syndicate Legal Support Services save law firms time and money on tasks such as document prep (motions, pleadings, briefs, discovery, applications, ex partes, etc.), e-filing, legal research research—but if you need someone onsite for court runs or client handholding, Syndicate Legal Support Services cannot help in these types of situations. Law Firms mixing both often see the best savings: Syndicate Legal Support Services for the grind, staff to get the coffee and greet clients.
Smaller firms and solo practitioners are leading the charge for Syndicate Legal Support Services, mainly because Syndicate Legal Support Services' Advanced Paralegal Services & Law Clerking Services allow them to compete on a fair playing field with big players, but larger firms with established workflows tend to drag their feet before changing up their operational flows with a virtual legal support services firm.
Mr. Steven Mueller
Syndicate Legal Services
Email: Legal@SyndicateAPC.com
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