One connected platform

Legalshift recruitment software

Build the firm's rota, fill the gaps, pay the week.

Bulk shifts, rota patterns and break rules on one desk — with approved hours running straight into pay and the firm invoice.

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Rota & patterns
Fill the gaps
Practising & conflicts
Clock-in
Weekly pay
Fill-rate

How the desk runs

One platform, from the rota to the weekly pay run.

Set the pattern once
A firm needs a paralegal for a disclosure exercise. Nights, alternate weeks, particular days to a month end — set the pattern once and the run is created rather than entered shift by shift.
Work the whole run together
A big order arrives as a run of shifts, not one booking. Work all of them together, with filled, working and open counters moving as the desk covers them.
Break and fatigue rules applied
The fatigue, break, recent-hours and duration checks you have configured sit alongside the booking, so a lawyer is not rota'd into a pattern that breaks them.
Today, across every firm
Timeline puts the day's shifts across all firms in one view. What decides whether the contract is kept is whether the lawyer is admitted, conflict-free and ready for the matter, and the gaps are visible before a manager has to ring.
Hours in, week paid
PAYE for fixed-term cover, with umbrella and limited for day-rate lawyers, built from the hours actually worked once the firm has approved them.
Cover and fill-rate
Dashman shows assignment progress, placement fees and where offers stall.

Checks and clearances

Admitted and conflict-checked before the placement

Practising status and conflict position sit on the candidate record, so a placement is put forward on evidence rather than assumption.

How documents and expiry work

Practising certificate status with expiry alerts
Conflict checks recorded against the placement
Right-to-work documents with expiry alerts
References confirmed on the worker record

What the agents add

AI agents working on the legal desk in the background.

Sourcing Sam
Fills the rota's open shifts from the lawyers who are free and cleared.
Compliance Clara
Flags practising certificate status coming up for expiry.
Timesheet Tommy
Reads submitted timesheets and preps PAYE for fixed-term cover, with umbrella and limited for day-rate lawyers for review.
Growth Grace
Surfaces new firm leads worth a call.
Manager Max
Briefs the desk each morning on assignment progress.

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Questions

Shift Legal recruitment software questions.

Can it handle repeating rota patterns?

Set the pattern once — nights, alternate weeks, particular days to a month end — and the run of shifts is created from it rather than entered one at a time.

Are break and fatigue rules enforced?

The fatigue, break, recent-hours and duration checks you configure sit alongside the booking, so the desk sees the conflict before a lawyer is committed to it.

How are a run of shifts filled quickly?

Bulk shift copy and the Booking Desk work a whole run together, with filled, working and open counters moving as the desk fills them.

Does approved time feed payroll directly?

Approved hours build the weekly pay queue and carry into invoicing in the same run, rather than being re-keyed into a separate payroll system.

What checks does a legal placement need?

Practising status and conflict position sit on the candidate record, so a placement is put forward on evidence rather than assumption. The desk holds practising certificate status with expiry alerts, conflict checks recorded against the placement, right-to-work documents with expiry alerts, references confirmed on the worker record.