As COVID-19 has propelled record U.S. unemployment, the legal profession has not gone unscathed. Large law firms across the country have implemented layoffs and compensation cuts and freezes. Corporations are placing in-house lawyers on the chopping block as well.

But despite the influx of layoffs, not all lawyers are clamoring to become freelance attorneys, said some online lawyer marketplace companies. But that doesn’t mean freelance legal work isn’t being sought after.

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