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Welcome to Nomad Legal a new and direct way for Legal locums and Law firms to get in touch with each other without having to go via an Agency

The need for legal locums is arguably greater now than it’s ever been.

Covid 19 has had a dramatic impact on the locum market, as it has upon almost everything else. Many law firms were closed and staff furloughed when the lockdown was at its peak, and are only now beginning the slow return to normality. As part of that process, many firms have had to let go of permanent legal staff, whilst some have moved on of their own volition. With locum nomad law business many firms are looking to hire locums for short to medium-term assistance – interim lawyers, while they decide how to restructure and move forward taking the new working practices that COVID has precipitated into account.

Locums have been around for a while, but not so long ago many firms would try and get by without one when a fee earner was away.

Of course, this is understandable and it was easier to do when the law was simpler and less complex than it is now. Locums aren’t a cheap commodity but increasingly they are an essential one.

The increasing complexity of the law, the expansion of the CPR the FPR and other assorted rules, and the greater use of costs orders by courts and tribunals for late or noncompliance with orders and directions means that the need for locum cover is greater than it’s ever been. And the trend is likely to continue.

Up until recently the only way to source a locum was by word of mouth, or by placing an advert in the Law Society Gazette, or going through an Agency.

There are many agencies around and some are better than others, but the thing they have in common is they all charge a fee, sometimes a flat fee, often a commission to the firm for finding a locum.

This can significantly add to the overall cost of sourcing a locum with hourly rates.

What Nomad Legal seeks to do is to cut out the middleman by providing a forum for locum advice, where Firms and locums to communicate directly with each other.

Accessible by PC, tablet or mobile phone, it’s easy and quick for both Firms and Locums to register and equally simple to use, even if you only have a few minutes to spare.

And for the time being while Normal Legal is becoming established, it’s completely free to use.