Legal research can form the backbone of a case, especially when your client’s circumstances are complex, and the law needs to be applied precisely. But this crucial work takes serious time, needs to be conducted with care, and should, ideally, be delegated to someone who truly understands what’s at stake for your client.
This is why DocketWorks’ ILA (International Licensed Attorney) services exist. To partner you with a skilled, accredited, hard-working fellow lawyer who can put in the hours and the focus needed— freeing you to sit down with evidence, strategize, and do truly excellent legal work for your client.
There are a number of reasons why your small to medium-sized firm might want to outsource legal research. For one, the time commitment is considerable. Good legal research will often involve combing through dozens, even hundreds of statutes, cases, rulings, and regulations to find the exact elements that match your client’s situation and legal issues.
And when you already have hours of work ahead as you review evidence and strategize for your client, that extra work can put an incredible amount of pressure on you. Having someone tackle this research for you, in real time, can save you mental energy and help you work far more efficiently.
And the more time you save, the more quality cases you have the bandwidth for. You have far more to gain when you allow an ILA to handle legal research for you, whether you need 10 or 40 hours of support per week.
Let your ILA handle a variety of legal research tasks, including…
Whatever your client’s case requires, your ILA can review evidence and get to work, finding both regional and federal laws that apply, comparing and contrasting statutes, and organizing that research for your immediate use.
When you partner with an ILA, you’re working with an accredited, licensed attorney. Not a law student, and not a paralegal. This is a lawyer with cases and clients of their own, and years of experience doing everything from drafting motions to combing through obscure laws.
They understand how to work with care, how to double-check citations, and the immense importance of getting case law right. Our ILAs are trained for weeks on your specific areas of law and the laws of your state, as well.
They’re also keenly aware of the risks of relying too heavily on AI for legal research, and will give the tasks assigned to them the same level of care they’d give to their own cases. AI is always a tool, never a shortcut, and the work your ILA puts in will be thorough, comprehensive, and powered by human cognition, not software.
So how do you delegate legal research to your ILA? It’s simple. Your ILA will work when you work. Same office hours, same days. You’ll communicate your legal research needs through a secure platform, such as Google Workspace.
Your ILA will have access to either LexisNexis or Westlaw, allowing them to conduct research with the same high-quality, trusted sources that you use. Research is handed back in real time, secure, encrypted, and ready for you to check.
It’s a seamless system that integrates silently with the software, resources, and platforms you already use and trust. Minimal disruption, far higher-quality results that keep you in control.
And that continued control is important. You still review all legal research before you put it to work for a client. Everything the ILA does will be reviewed and approved by you before it’s used at the negotiating table or in court.
This helps preserve your judgment, legal approach, insights, and strategy in every case. You save time while still maintaining control of the entire process. The legal research returned is yours to integrate or set aside.
An ILA will cost you roughly half of what a US-based paralegal works for. And it’s all covered by a simple, flat fee. No taxes to calculate, no payroll to manage on your side.
This keeps the process affordable, even for smaller or solo firms. And you can scale up or down as needed, month by month. This helps you adjust your ILA’s work hours, depending on the level of support needed or the number of cases on your desk.
The results? Money saved, efficiency maximized, and your legal research conducted by someone truly professional, skilled, and well-trained.
For many attorneys, the answer is simple.
If this sounds like you, an ILA could be the solution you’re looking for. Access to quality, trusted sources, secure platforms, encrypted communication, and real-time support. All for half of what you’d pay a US-based paralegal.
Outsourcing legal research begins with a call to DocketWorks. We’ll partner you with a skilled, trained, highly professional fellow lawyer to help you handle 10 to 40 hours of legal research per week.
Your ILA (International Licensed Attorney) will conduct the legal research through LexisNexis or Westlaw. You’ll check their work at the end, ensuring their research is relevant and helpful to your client’s case, and keeping you in control at each step.
With DocketWorks, you’ll communicate with your ILA on encrypted, secure, professional software in real time. Data security is monitored continually, and your ILA will be carefully trained on US-based privacy and HIPAA laws before they even begin working with you.
Working with an ILA for legal research costs roughly half of what you would pay for a US-based paralegal. A simple flat fee includes all taxes, and payroll is handled behind the scenes by us.
Legal research is critical work, but you need to be sure it’s handled correctly and carefully. Allow DocketWorks to help.
Save time, save mental energy, and partner with a fellow lawyer, all for half of what you’d pay for a US-based paralegal. Interested in learning what an ILA could do for your firm? Reach out to book a Discovery Call today.