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Paralegal Outsourcing in the Philippines

Your paralegals are the reason cases stay on schedule — and the reason your attorneys can practice instead of assemble. Magellan provides dedicated Philippine paralegal support for case management, document preparation, discovery organization, and trial prep, working your matters in your systems under your attorneys' supervision.

 

Dedicated staff assigned to your firm, not a shared pool working tickets.

At a Glance

Best For Firms whose caseload has outgrown their paralegal capacity, and solo practitioners that need a full-time paralegal without the cost and commitment of an onshore hire.
Model Dedicated staff assigned to your firm
Handles Case management · Document assembly · Discovery organization · Trial prep · Deadline calendaring
Supervision All work product returns to your attorneys for review and sign-off

The bottleneck isn't your attorneys

Most firms that feel understaffed aren't short on lawyers. They're short on the people who keep matters moving between the lawyering — the person assembling the discovery index, updating the case file, chasing the client for a missing document, and making sure nothing on the calendar gets missed.

 

When that capacity runs out, the work doesn't disappear. It moves up to attorneys billing at three times the rate to do it, or it slips — and in litigation, slipping has consequences that don't show up on an invoice.

 

Hiring solves it, eventually, at the cost of a search, a salary, benefits, and the risk that the caseload that justified the hire changes shape in six months.

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What Our Paralegals Handle

Case Management

Case files kept current, documents indexed and retrievable, matter status tracked so anyone picking up the file knows where it stands.

Document Preparation & Assembly

Pleadings, exhibits, and closing binders assembled to your templates — formatted, paginated, and ready for attorney review.

Discovery Organization

Productions organized, documents indexed and Bates-tracked, privilege logs maintained, and review sets prepared for your litigators.

Deadline & Calendar Management

Court deadlines, filing dates, and statute-of-limitations dates docketed and tracked, with escalation before anything comes due.

Client Document Follow-Up

The signed retainer, the missing medical record, the tax return nobody has chased — pursued and collected so your team isn't doing it.

Trial Preparation

Exhibit lists, witness files, and trial binders prepared ahead of hearing dates, so your trial team walks in with the file in order.

Why the Philippines for Legal Support

English is the working language of Philippine law.

Statutes, court decisions, and legal education are all in English — not English as a second language layered over a different legal vocabulary.

The legal system is US-influenced.

Philippine law carries substantial American common-law influence from the colonial period, so concepts like discovery, pleadings, and precedent are familiar rather than foreign.

A large legal-education pipeline.

A substantial pool of law graduates and legal studies graduates work in legal support rather than practice, which is what makes the staffing model possible at all.

Time zone that can be worked either way

Teams staffed to your business hours for real-time collaboration, or to your overnight for work waiting when you open.

Working Under Your Attorneys' Supervision

Outsourced paralegal work is legal support, not the practice of law. That distinction is the whole basis on which it's permissible, so it's worth being plain about how it runs:

 

  • Our paralegals prepare, organize, research, and draft — the work paralegals do everywhere
  • Your attorneys review and approve every work product before it goes anywhere
  • Our staff do not give legal advice, appear for your firm, sign filings, or make strategic decisions
  • Your firm retains responsibility for the work, exactly as it does for in-house paralegals

 

Confidentiality obligations follow the same logic. Every staff member signs a confidentiality agreement enforceable under Philippine law before assignment, and access is limited to the team working your firm.

Paralegal, Legal Secretary, or Virtual Receptionist?

The Philippines is the most common offshore destination for legal support work, and the reasons are specific rather than generic:

Role Does Needs legal training Best when
Paralegal You are here Substantive legal support — research, drafting, discovery, case files Yes You need capacity to do the work
Legal Secretary Practice admin — calendars, correspondence, document formatting Helpful, not essential You need the practice organised
Legal Answering & Intake Client-facing calls, intake, scheduling No You're losing prospects to missed calls

Why Firms Outsource Paralegal Support

Capacity Without a Hire

Add paralegal hours without a search, a salary, or benefits

Cost Reduction

Philippine delivery runs 40–60% below onshore staffing

Scales With Caseload

More support when litigation spikes, less when it settles — without layoffs

Attorneys Stay on Billable Work

Case assembly and file management stop climbing to the highest-billing person available

Continuity

A dedicated assigned team that learns your matters, not rotating temp coverage

Coverage Beyond Your Hours

Work progressing while your office is closed, if you staff it that way

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    FAQ
    Can a Philippine paralegal work on US cases?
    Yes — paralegal work is legal support performed under attorney supervision, and it isn't jurisdiction-restricted the way practicing law is. Your attorneys review and take responsibility for the work product, exactly as with in-house paralegals.
    Do we get the same people every day?
    Yes. Staff are assigned to your firm and learn your matters, templates, and preferences.
    What software do your paralegals work in?
    We train to your systems — case management, document management, and e-filing platforms — rather than moving you onto ours.
    How many hours can we start with?
    The minimum engagement is one dedicated paralegal — a full-time seat averaging roughly 163 hours a month. That paralegal works your matters only, learning your templates, systems, and preferences, rather than picking work off a shared queue.

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