Our Services

Below is an example of the services you can outsource to a freelance lawyer. Don't see what you are looking for? This is only a sample and we still may be able to help you. Please submit your request here. 

Civil Litigation

• Legal Drafting (all court documents)
  • Notices of Application
  • Statements of Claim/Defence
  • Factums
  • Books of Authorities
  • Notices of Appeal
  • Motion Materials
  • Witness Statements
  • Motions for Certificates of Pending Litigation
  • Discovery Plans, etc.​

• Legal Research and Legal Memoranda
• Court Appearances
• Litigation Strategy / Legal Opinions
• Examinations for Discovery
• Affidavit of Documents
• Commissioning Affidavits

Corporate/Commercial

• Incorporations (Provincial & Federal)
• Contract Review and Drafting
• Due Diligence Review​

• Corporate Governance
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Legal Content Marketing

• Blog posts
• Client newsletters
• Legal articles​
• Conference papers

• ​Speaking notes
• White papers
• ​Developing & Delivering Training Modules on Legal Issues

Family

• Preparation of all Court Documents
• Drafting Agreements

Wills & Estates

• Probate Applications
• Estate Administration
• ​Wills & Power of Attorney Drafting (Law Clerk)

Labour & Employment

• Employment Agreement Review and Drafting

Immigration

• Immigration Applications (paralegal immigration services)
  • Drafting submission letters
  • Filling out the offers of employment, express entry profiles and case specifics
  • Setting up applications within the representative portal
• Preparing for and attending IRB hearings

Real Estate (Law Clerks Only)

• All steps in a typical residential or corporate real estate transaction besides the transferring of funds (clerk services)

Aboriginal Law

• ​Advice on Aboriginal Law matters, such as land claims, governance, impact benefit agreements, and litigation.
• Matters relating to s. 35 and Aboriginal rights and duty to consult.

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Examples of Projects

A few examples of the hundreds of projects completed by our Flex Lawyers:​

LEGAL RESEARCH & DRAFTING

Flex Lawyers have supported several firms during a surge in workload and have:

• stepped in for a litigator when her associate was on vacation to assist with finalizing a statement of claim;
• drafted statements of claim, defences, affidavits and factums in several areas of law (e.g. an action for an improvident sale, a product liability claim, a shareholder dispute, summary judgement motion, mortgage enforcement, etc.)
• researched and drafted memoranda (in all areas - family, construction, estates, environmental contamination, health law, cross-border disputes etc.)

​CORPORATE CONTRACT DRAFTING & REVIEW

• Assisted in-house counsel by drafting terms & conditions and a privacy policy for a corporation’s website
• Drafted several contracts for a large corporation when its in-house legal ​department was short-staffed
• Assisted a law firm with incorporating a company in another province
• Reviewed and revised a shareholders agreement

Transactional Assistance

​ Lawyer Michael Amurjuev of Amurjuev Law Professional Corporation reached out to Flex Legal on a Friday afternoon needing last minute law clerk assistance with a real estate transaction closing in four days. One of our freelance law clerks, Taryn, stepped up to assist. Michael said that Taryn's work "exceeded expectations" and that she "always made herself available for any question and ​her knowledge and experience made a huge difference"

Ongoing Support

A small law firm needed ongoing support for surges in work. They engaged the services of one of Flex Legal's freelancers, whom they described as "very knowledgeable and efficient. Having her aboard helps us serve our clients better and for a more economical cost" than a full-time employee.
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LEGAL OPINIONS

• Drafted an opinion for a lawyer on the interpretation of a forum selection clause
• Conducted a file review and provided an opinion on a complicated family trust matter

​LEGAL CONTENT MARKETING

Flex Lawyers also look after the necessary (but tedious) non-billable aspects of a legal practice, including researching & drafting conference papers; ghostwriting or editing firms’ blog posts or client newsletters; writing and revising a firms’ website content for each practice area; lawyer's bios, etc.

​LITIGATION SUPPORT

• Enabled a client to meet a tight deadline by reviewing and compiling an affidavit of documents for a large litigation file
• Reviewed and provided summary of crown disclosure on a criminal file
• Acted as an "on-call" research lawyer during a two week long civil trial

COURT APPEARANCES

• Filled a gap for a small business law firm that needed a litigator to argue a motion (for a declaration regarding the ownership of a parking spot in a condominium building)
• Provided back-up help for a sole practitioner for an appeal
• Argued a motion for substituted service for a lawyer that was double-booked for court
• Successfully argued a motion for an adjournment