Law. Designed by you.

You want work-life harmony.

We put you in charge of your autonomy and flexibility. Bowd is purpose-built to help you say yes to the life you want.

We connect exceptional lawyers with work that is challenging, diverse and on your terms.

Work where excellence doesn’t come at the cost of joy. Where you get to do what you do best, while feeling useful and valued.

You can earn more while only choosing the opportunities you want. Most importantly, you can still unplug from work when you need to and reconnect with what makes life extraordinary.

Who said love of the law and personal fulfilment had to be mutually exclusive?

Together, we can build something new.

We help law firms improve in new ways. Now you can be part of the solution.

We build teams and find the right lawyer for the job. Our projects might be days, weeks or months but you’re free to accept only what makes you happy.

Typically, we help firms with matters that their current team can’t take on. The brief ranges from supporting one matter or one client to taking over a whole practice, particularly for parental leave cover.

We also take on projects for firms, like refreshing precedents, writing articles, doing legal research, or writing tenders. We all have special skills in addition to being great lawyers, and we love to hear about yours.

Working with us isn’t just a temp job. It’s a redesign of how law firms can operate. Together we support and protect law firm lawyers and allow them to reach their full potential. They have confidence in us because our lawyers can hold their own in major firms with big name clients.

We know how good you are.

We protect your brand and ours. if we can’t offer someone exceptional, we don’t take on the work.

We believe in fair.

Bowd is an incorporated legal practice which can employ you on a casual basis to mirror our contract with the firm. If you have a sole practice, we can also work with you as an independent contractor. Solo lawyers are in demand for ad hoc work via firms to supplement your practice.

Whichever way we structure it, you only take the work you want and you only take it on the terms you can accept.

If we employ you directly, we are responsible for your PAYG, superannuation and legal professional indemnity insurance.

You are paid by the hour or by the day at rates that are much higher than an equivalent rate for a full-time salary.

We take into account the non-permanent nature of the work to ensure you are fairly paid. There is usually a minimum guaranteed period for each placement.