Guides
Practical guides for law firms choosing virtual legal assistant services.
- Virtual Legal Assistant Roles and Task Lists by Practice Area
What to hand a virtual legal assistant in personal injury, family, immigration, estate planning and litigation practices, with daily and weekly task lists. - A Virtual Assistant for Solo Lawyers: What to Hand Off First
How a solo attorney should start with a part-time virtual legal assistant: the first ten hours, costs at 10–20 hours a week, and providers that allow part-time. - Giving a Virtual Legal Assistant Access to Your Systems Safely
Accounts, permissions, devices and confidentiality controls for remote legal staff, with a day-one access checklist. - Onboarding a Virtual Legal Assistant: The First 30 Days, Day by Day
A day-by-day onboarding plan for a new virtual legal assistant: access, shadowing, first tasks, feedback rhythm and the 30-day review, with checklists. - Managing a Virtual Legal Assistant: KPIs, Check-Ins and Quality Control
How to measure and manage a virtual legal assistant's work: the KPIs that matter, a weekly check-in agenda, quality sampling and how to handle problems. - A Virtual Legal Assistant for a Personal Injury Firm: Tasks, Workflow and Cost
How PI firms use virtual legal assistants: intake support, medical records and bills, treatment tracking, demand assembly and client updates, with costs from published prices. - Legal Assistant vs Paralegal vs Legal Secretary: Which Remote Hire Do You Need?
The difference between a legal assistant, paralegal and legal secretary, which tasks belong to each, US wage benchmarks and what remote providers charge for each role.