Working with Temp Agencies for the Legal Profession

Find qualified legal employees through temp agencies for the legal profession

Legal temporary agencies work with both law firms and with businesses that have a legal department or need temporary legal employees. A legal temp agency can provide your company with specialized legal consulting, or with support staff such as legal secretaries, legal proofreaders and legal word processors. Legal temp agencies can provide you with employees to fill in while others are out on vacation, for example, or they can supply experienced legal professionals to work on a specific project.

Even within the narrow field of legal temp jobs, temp agencies for the legal profession, offer a wide variety of services, from legal consulting to legal support jobs. When working with temp agencies, for the legal profession:

1. Find a legal temporary agency in your area.
2. Look for legal temporary agencies that provide extensive interviewing and screening.
3. Seek out legal temp agencies that specialize in one area, such as paralegal temp jobs.
   

Find legal temps through a local agency

Many staffing agencies have offices nationwide, so if your company has multiple sites, this may be convenient. However, many smaller businesses may prefer a local agency who understands not only the legal profession, but also its clients' geographic region.

Choose a legal temp agency that conducts intensive interviewing and testing

Ensure you get the most qualified legal temps by hiring a temporary agency that provides interviewing, screening, testing and background checks. This eliminates a lot of work on your part, and guarantees that you're sent only the most qualified temporary employees.

For specialized legal services, enlist paralegal temp agencies

Paralegals may be either attorneys in training or assistants to attorneys, and offer both general legal assistance and specialized services, in fields ranging from real estate law to corporate law. It's not the same as hiring an attorney, but they do offer many legal services.

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