Grow your practice with a virtual legal assistant

November 2, 2021

Are you overwhelmed with the amount of work coming into your practice? Maybe you want to grow and expand your firm? One solution is to hire a virtual legal assistant who can cover all the non-billable hours and leave the paralegals and lawyers to focus on servicing your clients.

A virtual assistant for law firms can perform all the routine administrative work, manage client communications (phone calls, emails, live chats and so on) coordinate meetings and appointments and provide a more client-orientated approach to your practice.

Non-billable tasks performed by a virtual legal assistant

A virtual legal assistant can perform a variety of non-billable tasks that are both time consuming and distracting in a law firm. Depending on your practice, these tasks can include any of the following:

• Sorting through emails and marking which are important. 
• Replying to client emails and enquiries.
• Managing calendars and scheduling appointments.
• Organising meetings and communicating with clients.
• Booking and organising travel plans.
• Planning and organising events.
• Bookkeeping.
• Managing email campaigns.
• Creating and sending e-newsletters,
• Managing social media accounts.
• Developing and maintaining a blog.
• Managing your website.
• Onboarding new clients.
• Scheduling client call-backs
• Scheduling depositions.
• Requesting medical records.
• Background research.
• Data entry.

These are just a few of the tasks that a virtual assistant can do for your law firm when you hire remote staff from Outsourced in the Philippines. 

Benefits of a virtual assistant for a law firm 

A virtual assistant for your law firm can allow you to scale up your practice and take on more clients. That’s because all the non-billable work is performed by your virtual legal assistant and not by your lawyers and paralegals. This frees you to focus on the core aspects of your practice which is to drive growth and service your clients efficiently. Other benefits include improved customer services and cost savings.

Benefits of outsourcing in the Philippines

Outsourcing in the Philippines has become extremely popular with many businesses around the world, simply because it’s an easy way to recruit professional staff. There are other reasons why this is a successful strategy for law firms, most notably that you can access a large pool of very talented professionals.

Outsourced is one of the leading providers of offshore staffing in the Philippines. Part of our success is due to our ability to access a pool of talented professionals who are eager to work full-time and dedicate themselves to one company. Essentially, we manage the entire recruitment process for you, even onboarding your new virtual assistant, saving you a significant amount of time. If you need a virtual legal assistant with a specific set of skills, then simply include these in your list of requirements and we will identify a shortlist of suitable candidates for the job.

We also provide a state-of-the-art working facility for your virtual legal assistant, so that they have all the infrastructure and resources needed to fulfill their role with your firm. All you need to do is oversee their work and liaise on a daily or weekly basis, whichever suits your needs. Your dedicated legal assistant will work full-time for your practice and will quickly be up to speed with all your requirements. 

For more information on hiring a virtual legal assistant for your practice, call the team at Outsourced today.