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Legal Research Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 41+ legal research jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include iCapital, Pinsent Masons, and Experian.

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9-day fortnights 4
half-day Fridays 3
generous PTO 3
unlimited PTO 13
best places to work 14

Updated August 23, 2026

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Senior Insurance Forms Analyst

SafeLease · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Paralegal

Venus Aerospace · Remote · USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO

Business Immigration Paralegal

2mo

Oguz Law · Remote · Turkey

70 · GreatHalf Day Fridays

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Legal Counsel

2mo

Storyblok · Remote · USA

68 · GoodFlexible Hours$70k – $113k

Senior Paralegal, Employment & Litigation

25d

Aledade · Remote · USA

64 · GoodGenerous PTO

Litigation Paralegal

1mo

Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$105k – $124k

Paralegal, Litigation

2mo

Coinbase · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$105k – $124k

Litigation and E-Discovery Counsel

2mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$119k – $160k

Senior Contracts and Legal Manager

NEW

Adaptavist · Hybrid · Wiesbaden, Hessen or Cologne

68 · GoodFlexible HoursPro · early access

Paralegal - Investment and Litigation

NEW

British Business Bank · Hybrid · Sheffield, UK

69 · GoodGenerous PTO£33k – £38k

Legal and Governance Associate

NEW

Experian · Hybrid · Stellenbosch, South Africa

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Articling Student - Bar of Quebec

17d

Behaviour · Hybrid · Montreal, QC, Canada

78 · Great4 Day Work Week (80%)

Legal and Governance Associate

Experian · Hybrid · Stellenbosch, South Africa

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Werktudent/in mit Schwerpunkt Gesellschaftsrecht

Celonis · Hybrid · Munich, Germany

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Deputy City Attorney I or II – Criminal Prosecution Division

City of Santa Monica · Onsite · Santa Monica, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Assistant City Attorney

City of Torrance · Onsite · Torrance, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$228k – $314k

DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY IV - ADVISORY

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$152k – $209k

LEGAL SECRETARY

City of Stockton · Onsite · Stockton, CA, USA

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$61k – $84k

Paralegal

2mo

Oguz Law · Hybrid · Walnut Creek, USA

70 · GreatHalf Day Fridays

Paralegal/Legal Administrative Assistant

Experian · Hybrid · Costa Mesa, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$64k – $111k

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Employers hiring for Legal Research on this page include iCapital, Pinsent Masons, and Experian. Legal Research roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Legal Research is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Legal Research roles span the full seniority range — we list 41 open roles requiring Legal Research across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Legal Research hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Legal Research roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Legal Research candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Legal Research on current listings.

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