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Matter Management Cleanup (Clio)

Director · Legal Operations · Remote · California only

$69–$84/ hour About $460–$1,070 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Contract research organisation in neuroscience · 5,000+ employeesCL-56539 · based in San Francisco
Where
Remote · California only
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 10 h in total
Start
Starts within 2 weeks
Level
Director · 10-15 years
When you work
Weekday evenings1 h a week overlap with PT

The company is already looking at 3 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.

6 professionals have asked about this task239 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

About this task

This contract research organisation in neuroscience (5,000+ employees) is looking for a director Legal Operations for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Cleans and structures matter data.

It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It works in life sciences, where documents are versioned and reviewed in a fixed order.

The work is fully remote, but the company can only contract people who live in California, so this one is for residents there. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (PT).

What you deliver

  • Clean 500 matter records and standardise types and owners.
  • The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed
  • A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope
  • One round of edits after the company's review is included

How the work runs

  • Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared
  • Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback
  • Last day: final version and handover note

Duration: about 10 working days. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.

Tools

ClioExcel

Who fits

  • 10-15 years of hands-on work as a Legal Operations, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Clio and Excel
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
  • Used to short written handovers

Not included

  • Travel or work at a fixed location
  • Managing other contractors or employees
  • Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexDirector Legal Operations
Experience
10-15 years in legal
Tools
Clio, Excel
Offers
10 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
$76 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $76 an hour, is below the median director Legal Operations rate in California ($85). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Legal Operations jobs in United States · Legal Operations rates in California · Legal jobs

Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-56539 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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