Main menu What we do Who we are Join us Contact us Who we are Our story HQ team Awards Press Blog Reports HQ Roles The original alternative legal service Originally launched in 2007, LOD is the original alternative legal service, born out of changes in the way people worked. Under huge cost pressures, users of legal services were keen to find a way to make their budgets stretch further, without sacrificing the quality of the expertise that they had access to. Simultaneously, many lawyers were looking for greater flexibility and autonomy without compromising quality of work or career satisfaction. At the same time, technology was making it easier to connect without always physically being in the same place. From this, LOD emerged. The idea was to pair talented, freelance lawyers with clients looking for an alternative resource and for LOD to provide the technology, support and know-how needed to make the service work. It began as a pilot in 2007 with eight great lawyers working with in-house clients on a secondment style basis. Since then, we have grown dramatically and have completed hundreds of assignments with our team of over 200 LOD lawyers. We count some of the world’s leading companies and law firms as our clients, have won multiple awards (details here) and offer a range of different models. Ongoing disruption In recent years other entrants to the alternative legal services market have emerged, so we make sure that we stay true to the principles that convinced our clients to take a leap of faith with us back in 2007: creating genuine and personal relationships with our clients and lawyers; bringing only the best possible lawyers into our team and committing to the benefits of ongoing change in the legal profession to make legal services work better for everyone. For in-house For law firms Join Us Our story HQ team Awards Press Blog Reports HQ Roles For media enquiries, please email press@lodlaw.com. Call us +44(0)20 3400 4895 Email Press Office Sign up for monthly news here Twitter updates LOD lawyers, after a memorable evening last night, please do get in touch with your LOD moments! Email natalie.robins@lodlaw.com #lodmoments 1:46 PM – 9 Jul 15 Our very own LOD heart throb...#lawyersocial #lodantics #thamescruise http://t.co/PEKnNzJSLM 10:36 AM – 9 Jul 15 And a few more...#lawyersocial #lodantics #thamescruise http://t.co/nNpJqY2SMZ 10:24 AM – 9 Jul 15 The result of numerous GnTs...#lawyersocial #lodantics #thamescruise http://t.co/GkMe5u4XIU 10:22 AM – 9 Jul 15 Our two lawyer love ladies letting their hair down #lawyersocial #lodantics #thamescruise http://t.co/FjdYSsz8FR 10:21 AM – 9 Jul 15 Tweet Follow a Berwin Leighton Paisner company LEGAL NOTICE Sign up for LOD monthly newsletter here This site uses cookies to help us improve your browsing experience. For further information or to change your cookie settings, view our legal notice.