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Legal Research Virtual Assistant

Preliminary research on case law, statutes, and background — compiled into organized, sourced summaries — to speed your work.

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Your dedicated assistant
Online · clearing your queue
Morning tasks synced
Priority items handled
Updating your tools…
End-of-day report
Tasks cleared today27
Sourced
Every summary
7 days
To go live
COMPILED
Research memo
delivered for review
What is a legal research VA?

A legal research VA supports attorneys with preliminary research — case law, statutes, and background — compiled into organized, sourced summaries to speed your work.

The problem

Research eats hours attorneys can’t spare.

Preliminary research consumes billable and non-billable hours attorneys can’t spare. A legal research VA does the initial digging and delivers sourced summaries — for attorney review — so your work moves faster.

What’s included

What’s included.

Case law and statute research
Background and fact research
Citation compilation
Research summaries
Document review support
Sourced findings
How it works

How it works — step by step.

1

Define

We define the research question.

2

Research

They research the sources.

3

Compile

They compile citations.

4

Summarize

They summarize findings.

5

Deliver

They deliver for attorney review.

The math

In-house vs. Edge Nova.

In-house hire
Edge Nova VA
Cost
$45k–$65k/yr + benefits, equipment
From $500/mo — up to 50% less
Time to start
Weeks to hire and train
Live in 7 days
Coverage
One person, PTO gaps
Trained backup, your time zone
Commitment
Salary + severance risk
No long-term lock-in
The stack

Tools they work in.

They plug into the platforms you already run — no migration required.

Westlaw / Lexis (client-provided) Public databases Google Docs
Why Edge Nova

An assistant who feels in-house.

Your assistant is dedicated to your account and background-checked, trained on your tools before day one, and works under strictly confidential processes with US/CA/UK/AU coverage. You get access-controlled handling of your data, and you meet your match before you commit.

Dedicated & vetted
Background-checked, never a shared pool.
Strictly confidential
NDAs and access-controlled handling.
Meet before you commit
You approve your assistant first.
Related services

Round out your legal support.

Legal VA hub

All the ways a dedicated VA supports your legal operations.

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Case & Document Management

Organized files and documents.

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Deadline Management

Docketing and never-missed dates.

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FAQ

Legal Research Virtual Assistant — FAQs.

The team behind your legal VA

Behind your legal VA: 25+ years of BPO operating experience.

Edge Nova is led by an operator who has run inbound, outbound, and back-office teams since 1999 — across virtually every niche, for blue-chip clients. Your legal VA is recruited, vetted, and managed with that same operating discipline, and is dedicated to your account — never a rotating pool.

1999
Operating in BPO since — 25+ years of experience behind your team.
NCR
Dedicated teams based in India’s NCR region, assigned only to you.
4-stage
Every hire clears a psychometric test, an SME interview, a functional-head round, then HR.
In-house
Our own recruiters source continuously via LinkedIn & Naukri.
Get started

Speed up your research.

Tell us about your practice and where the time goes — we’ll reach out within one business day with a plan.

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