On-demand legal service providers have run into their fair share of problems with state bar associations concerned that their operations violate ethics rules around referral services and fee splitting. But these companies’ early troubles, which many have now put behind them, have helped new market entrant Lawclerk learn to avoid such battles altogether.
At its core, the new on-demand platform, which officially launched in January 2018, looks to bypass many of the startup issues that plagued companies like Avvo, LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer by being a business-to-business marketplace where licensed attorneys can hire freelance lawyers on a short term project basis.
