How it works
Adding an offshore legal team should feel less daunting than making a local hire, not more. Our process is designed to be transparent and reversible: you scope the role, you interview and choose your own people, and you can scale up or pause with notice. We carry the recruitment, training, infrastructure and management so you carry only the work.
The engagement process
Most clients move from first conversation to an embedded, productive team member in a matter of weeks — with a shortlist typically ready in around two.
We start with a short, no-obligation conversation to understand where the pressure is. Together we map your workload, the systems you use, the type of matters involved and the profile of person who would make the biggest difference — so we brief against reality, not a generic job spec.
Next we define the role in detail: the deliverables, the seniority, the tools, the volume and the measures of success. You leave this stage with a clear picture of exactly what your Jurisa resource will own and how you'll know it's working — before you commit to anything.
We recruit and vet against that brief, drawing on a deep pool of common-law-trained talent. You receive a curated shortlist of interview-ready candidates — typically within around two weeks — with each one screened for capability, communication and fit.
You interview candidates exactly as you would when hiring your own — same questions, same standards, same gut check. The final choice is always yours. It's your team, so you pick the person who'll fit it.
We set up secure access, managed devices and role-based controls, then run structured training on your matters, your tools and your playbooks. By the time your new team member starts on live work, they already understand how your team operates and what "good" looks like to you.
An Australian engagement lead oversees quality from day one — running QA, holding regular check-ins and keeping delivery on track — while you give day-to-day direction as you would any colleague. As your needs change, you scale up, add profiles, or pause with notice.
Engagement models
One capability or a whole workstream, steady-state or surge — choose the model that matches the shape of your demand.
One or more professionals working exclusively for you as a seamless extension of your team. Best when the volume is steady and you want someone who learns your business and stays with it.
Surge capacity for a transaction, a review backlog or a one-off program of work. Spin it up fast, wind it down when the work is done — no permanent commitment for temporary demand.
We own a defined workstream against agreed service levels — you buy an outcome, not a to-do list. Ideal for high-volume, repeatable work like NDA desks or contract abstraction programs.
A clear division of labour
The model works because the responsibilities are unambiguous. We run everything it takes to field a great team; you bring the work and the context — exactly as you would for any team member.
Security & confidentiality
Legal work is confidential by nature, and our controls reflect that. Your team operates from secure facilities on managed, company-controlled devices, under role-based access that limits each person to exactly what their work requires.
Every professional signs an NDA and confidentiality undertaking. Our data handling is aligned to the Australian Privacy Principles, IP ownership rests clearly with you, and — wherever possible — your data stays inside your own systems rather than being copied out.
Controls in place
Pricing approach
No recruitment fees, no lock-in, no hourly meter. You pay a straightforward monthly fee for the capacity you engage — and you can change that capacity as your needs change.
Predictable, capacity-based pricing you can budget for. You know the number in advance, and it doesn't move with the hours worked.
We absorb the cost of finding, vetting and training your team. There's no placement fee and no charge for a shortlist that doesn't land.
Scale up, add profiles or pause with reasonable notice. You commit to capacity, not to a long-term contract that's hard to unwind.
Frequently asked
Most engagements move quickly. After the discovery and scoping conversations, we typically present a curated, interview-ready shortlist within around two weeks. From there, timing depends on your interview process and onboarding — but many clients have a team member productive on live work within a few weeks of the first call.
We keep commitments light and flexible. There's no long lock-in — you engage capacity on a rolling basis and can scale up or pause with reasonable notice. We'll confirm the specific notice terms for your engagement model when we scope it, and there are no recruitment fees along the way.
It's shared, and clearly so. An Australian engagement lead from Jurisa owns quality, QA and performance management, and is your point of contact if anything needs adjusting. You provide day-to-day direction and priorities — the work, the feedback and the "what next" — exactly as you would for anyone on your team.
Through layered controls: secure facilities, managed devices, role-based access, signed NDAs and confidentiality undertakings, and data handling aligned to the Australian Privacy Principles. Wherever possible, your data stays in your own systems and IP ownership rests with you. You can read the detail on our data security page.
You choose your own people at interview, which heads off most fit issues before they start. If something isn't working once you're underway, tell your engagement lead — we'll address it quickly, and where needed we'll replace a resource rather than leave you managing around a problem. And with no lock-in, you're never trapped in an arrangement that isn't delivering.
Yes — that flexibility is central to the model. Add profiles when a project lands, grow a single resource into a pod as demand builds, or pause capacity when things quieten down, all with reasonable notice. You flex the team to the work rather than carrying fixed headcount through the peaks and troughs.
Yours. Your team works inside your document management, your CLM (Ironclad, Icertis, LinkSquares, a SharePoint library or whatever you run), your e-discovery platform and your collaboration tools. We adapt to your environment rather than asking you to adopt ours — see the services pages for how this looks in practice.
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll map your workload, recommend the right model and show you exactly what the path from here looks like — with no obligation.