IDR Law was founded in 2017 and is now a minority PE backed £3m+ turnover business, with over 20 specialist contentious probate lawyers
From founding vision to a law firm championing a balanced home/work life. We are more than happy to expand on all of what IDR Law does but for now, here are the highlights.
The entire firm is fully employed.
There are no self-employed consultants, so everyone has the security of a full salary.
The firm is entirely paperless
From the outset (pre-COVID) everyone worked flexibly between home and the office.
No-one is required to work in the office for more than 3 days a week
Much less with seniority – trust based flexibility runs across the entire workforce.
As an autonomous senior lawyer (Associate and above)
part-time working is always available
We work on 5 billable hours per day, so for example, if you are happy that 15 billable hours is possible (which as we all know is 21 hours in real time) then that equates to a 3 day salary but (a) those hours can be worked on any combination of days that work around your family life – those days/times can change day to day/week to week. Any hours worked beyond those agreed over a month are paid as overtime – no longer do part time lawyers end up working almost full time with a part time salary!
Everyone is discouraged from working more than 25 billable hours a week
Growth is achieved by bringing in new team members to deal with the volume of work over that required to get everyone to their agreed billable hours target.
You can focus on billable case work
We have partitioned our Triage team away from our Legal team so lawyers looking to complete billable hours are saved from a large amount of client enquiries that will not turn into billable case work
Career advancement at IDR Law is not built on increasing billable hour targets for anyone.
This is one of the protected tenets of IDR Law and is supported by PE investors, BGF.
IDR Law has a successful BD and marketing team that deals with all the B2B and B2C marketing
This means there is no onus on anyone else to have to carry out BD activities on top of fee earning targets. Events and functions can be attended but are entirely voluntary.
We have regular meetings with all our teams and review personalised personal development plans (PDPs)
These are a key way to ensure that life/work balance and what would look like success to everyone is known and explored.
Our maternity policy is stronger than most outside of Scandinavia!
Our Menopause policy and other health and wealth benefits are sector leading.
We celebrate an approach to human relations within the business that is fundamentally kind.
There is nothing weak in such an approach – we are an incredibly transparent firm with expectations of performance and behaviour that are fair but also clear – accountabilities are set against agreed job roles and targets- everyone is set up with the opportunity to succeed and support and guidance when needed.
Team Satisfaction
At IDR Law, we want to ensure that our team feels seen and supported. Therefore, it is of paramount importance for us to build a workplace culture that allows our colleagues to get the most out of IDR and vice versa.
Each quarter, we open a conversation with the team and offer them the chance to voice their opinions on what they think IDR does best and what they feel would benefit our development.
Hear from the team
Family Flex Policy
IDR Partner and Head of Legal Operations Richard explains IDR’s family flex plan. At IDR Law, we don’t believe your career should be impacted by school runs or parent evenings; Richard details how tailoring your role around your family life means you really can have the best of both worlds.
Hybrid Working
Gloucestershire-based Paralegal Tim breaks down the work-life balance of IDR and how the opportunity to work from home has allowed him to live locally to where he grew up but also excel in his chosen career.
Maternity Policy
Associate solicitor Kate discusses returning to work as a new mother and details IDR’s Maternity Policy. Kate also shares her experience of preparing for maternity leave and the support she received during her return to work.
Career development
- Playing to your strengths
- Our IDRU learning platform
- Meaningful personal development review
- No internal barriers to success
Our Range of Benefits
- Health and wealth policies
- Paid overtime
- Family focussed policy
- Perks and incentives offered throughout the year
Back to careers page
- The IDR Back Story
- Featured Vacancies
- Hear from the team
- Plus you can find all our contact details here