The popularity of work on demand is growing. More and more law firms employ specialists who carry out certain projects in the model of contract temporary work.
Leading law firms rely on hiring according to the economy of gig, i.e. based on temporary, external or independent consultants. The flexible legal market is becoming more and more mature, and the companies of the Great Four are creating their own offer and buying up recognized players who are waiting in boxing for their run. According to studies published in 2017 via Intuit company, to 2020 in the United States 40% employees will work on the principle of independent contractors in the gig economy.
For example, British law firms Linklaters and Clifford Chance will join Allen & Overy in creating a network of self-employed lawyers to provide customers with flexible conditions.
Linklaters develops a program that will allow the network of graduates to use, while Clifford Chance announced a pilot program Clifford Chance Choice, which will allow graduates to join teams working on specific projects.
Both law firms follow the Peerpoint precursor in London, by Allen & Overy – a global platform for independent consultant lawyers who want to gain access to the best work, customers, support and resources. Service running 2013 and has since expanded its offer to include Amsterdam, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong.
HR head at Clifford Chance Laura King said that the program aims to use a group of people who would like to work temporarily and give the company the opportunity to quickly mobilise many people for individual projects, which would give the company the ability to flexibly adapt to customer requirements.
"This type of employment model gives companies a little more room on the precarious market," said legal advisor and former managing partner Clifford Chance, Tony Williams of Jomati Consultants.
“You don’t have to have all the staff you spend money on, but you have very good quality people who are able to wait for an interesting project if necessary”.
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Katarzyna Kołbuś - Editor leading RB Magazine. From Over 10 years related to industry press, including the Financial Gazette and portal ipip.com.pl, which is devoted to finance, taxation, law, politics and the economy. She graduated from Polish philology at the UMCS and the linguistic text editing at the University of Warsaw