Making work, work for you
Our matching platform connects you with dynamic legal teams, both in-house at large global corporations, growing businesses, and in private practice. With our commitment to flexible working, you can set your availability and let us know how you prefer to work – ad hoc, part-time, remotely, or full-time for set period.
We don’t ask you to bring clients to us or do your own business development, so you can focus on the work that you enjoy – with a committed team behind you.
By joining Obelisk you benefit from exclusive professional development webinars and workshops, peer networking events, career and CV advice, access to legal research resources plus we provide liability insurance.
Obelisk Support is a business with a purpose, paving the way forward in the legal industry and creating genuine opportunities to work in a different way. Always #HumanFirst, we’re here to change the world of work – one lawyer at a time.
Why Obelisk?
Join a #HumanFirst community that puts people at the heart of legal services
We match you to dynamic teams in leading organisations
We offer outstanding access to interesting projects that make the most of your skills and experience
We provide career advice and networking opportunities to help you be your best
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Your guide to legal freelance work:
Download our free guide to help you work out whether working freelance is right for you. With advice and insight from existing consultants as well as Obelisk experts, it’s your action planner for your move into legal consulting.
How it works. As simple as 1,2,3
1
Apply
We want to get to know you; tell us what you’re looking for
2
Onboard
After we do our checks, get to know how we work
3
Match
We identify the right opportunities for your skillset
4
Work
We handle the admin so you can focus on the work
Who we work with
Working with Obelisk Support is simple. Once you join us, we find the projects and handle all the admin. All that leaves you to do is focus on work you enjoy. Our team will even provide career advice and support, coaching you to pursue your professional goals. If you’re returning to work, we will help build your confidence.
Obelisk focuses on securing work placements that are interesting and exciting. We partner with the UK’s largest law firms, FTSE 100 companies and legal teams in dynamic, growing businesses. Our consultants help them to deliver better results, be more proactive and increase team effectiveness.
Since 2010, we have matched more than 2,000 consultants. Our team works across multiple industries, from financial services, banking and retail to e-commerce, telecoms, and media. We cover all practice areas and specialist skills. With Obelisk, you can find fulfilling work that makes the most of your experience.
We do things differently
Championing making legal work more inclusive since 2010
Types of roles
Part-time legal work
Work that fits around your lifestyle and personal commitments
Fixed-term contracts
Full- or part-time project work for a set period
Ad hoc support
Flexible hours on specific projects for one-off & ongoing roles
Paralegals
Flexible roles for career paralegals and aspiring solicitors
What our consultants say
“Working through Obelisk has provided me with a wonderful opportunity to remain in the market as a senior legal professional in a model that is flexible and beneficial for both the client and myself.
It allows me to maintain a much needed sense of belonging to a team, while at the same time being properly looked after as a person and as an independent professional.”
Be a Consultant FAQs
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Our thinking
The 3 characteristics of Next Level Leaders
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Report – Liberalisation: Reflections on the future of legal service delivery
15 years on from the passing of the Legal Services Act, has the legal industry successfully advocated for, and taken advantage of, the mood change, and the opportunities presented opening up the legal market?
In this report, we resurface the leading voices that called for change and pioneered the way; explore the impact on legal teams and cast an eye to what the future may hold. (published November 2022)
2to3days: The First 100 Days Project
Dana Denis-Smith gave details of The First 100 Days Project, which creates a library of stories through role models for the current legal generation, informing and educating them on the role of women. It encourages women to talk about their life and work experiences....
Your First 100 Days in a New Role: Tips for General Counsels
Guest post by Niamh O’Keeffe, Leadership advisor & author of ‘Your First 100 Days: how to make maximum impact in your new role’, second edition published by FT Pearson 2019, addressing how general counsels can thrive in their first 100 days. Niamh advises...