Darren Heath has the dubious title of being Lawyers On Demand’s (LOD) first-ever lawyer. He joined LOD in 2007, when the concept of freelance and portfolio lawyering was still an alien concept, and he’s been an LOD lawyer ever since. In this article, Darren discusses why he started working with LOD, how his first role went from a three-month to a four-year assignment and how he makes his portfolio career work.

In 2006 I set up a production company with a film producer and director. By 2007 we still weren’t beating off enthusiastic film financiers with the proverbial stick, so I was intrigued when an ad caught my eye for a way to work as a lawyer, but differently.