A Legal Document Desk That Lives Entirely on the Internet
Online legal services deliver legal work through the internet instead of an office: you describe the matter or upload the document, a licensed professional produces the deliverable, and it comes back to you electronically. The category spans self-service templates, subscription plans, incorporation platforms, and attorney document desks, and the entire question of choosing well is knowing which of those four you are actually buying.
Legal Tank is the fourth kind: licensed attorneys drafting and reviewing documents at fixed quotes, with free templates and tools for what does not need custom work. No representation, no court appearances, and no filing services, on purpose.
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Online legal services companies: the four kinds, and which job each one fits
The companies in this market look interchangeable from the ads and are not. They divide cleanly by what you walk away holding: a state filing receipt, a membership, a form, or a finished attorney-made document.
Incorporation and filing platforms
LegalZoom, Rocket Lawyer, and their peers industrialized business formation: pick an entity, they assemble the paperwork and submit the state filing. Strong at the standardized transaction, thin the moment your terms leave the template. Legal Tank does not compete here; we do not file anything.
A state filing receipt
Subscription legal plans
LegalShield-style memberships sell ongoing access: a monthly fee buys consultations, letters, and limited document review through a provider network. Sensible for recurring small questions; an odd fit for a single document. Covered in depth on the prepaid legal services page.
A monthly membership
Template libraries and form builders
Self-service documents assembled by questionnaire. Cheap, instant, and exactly as good as the match between your situation and the template's assumptions. Fine for standard matters; risky where terms are custom.
A self-service form
Attorney document desks
The category this site belongs to: licensed attorneys drafting and reviewing specific documents at fixed quotes, delivered through a portal. Built for the document that has to be right, without selling representation, subscriptions, or filings alongside it.
A finished attorney-made document
Two of those categories have full pages here: the subscription model is unpacked on the prepaid legal plans explainer, and if price is the deciding factor, the guide to affordable legal help shows the cheapest safe route for each kind of matter.
How an online legal services platform actually works
Four steps, no office, no phone tag. The platform's job is to move a confidential document between you and an attorney without either of you commuting.
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Describe the matter
The intake asks what the document must accomplish, who the parties are, and which state governs. Upload anything relevant; everything lands in an encrypted portal, not an inbox.
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One fixed quote back
A quote states the deliverable, the price, the revision allowance, and the delivery date, usually within one business day. Nothing is billed until you approve it.
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Attorney does the work
A licensed attorney with the matching specialty drafts from your facts or reviews what you uploaded, against the law of the governing state.
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Delivered, editable, yours
The finished document comes back through the same portal in editable form, with included revisions if something needs adjusting. You sign it, send it, or hand it to counsel.
What an Online Engagement Actually Delivers
The deliverable set is the same whether the matter is a single demand letter or a recurring contract flow: a finished document you own, the reasoning behind it, and a written quote that held.
The finished document, editable
Delivered in an editable format you own outright, not locked inside an account. Sign it, send it, file it yourself, or hand it to counsel.
A short attorney note
Plain-English notes on the choices the attorney made for your facts and governing state, plus anything you should confirm before signing.
Redline and memo on reviews
Review engagements return your document marked up line by line with a plain-English summary of the risks and the terms worth pushing back on.
Included revision rounds
The quote states a revision allowance up front. If the delivered draft needs adjusting, revisions run through the same portal at no new charge within scope.
A fixed written quote first
Deliverable, price, turnaround, and revision allowance in writing before anything is billed. The quote is the whole agreement; there is no hourly meter behind it.
A portal record of the engagement
Every file, message, and version lives in one encrypted thread you can return to, instead of a paper trail scattered across email.
What legal work moves online cleanly, and what never will
Legal paper is location-independent; advocacy is not. Drafting a contract, reviewing an agreement before signature, preparing a will, writing a demand letter, all of it depends on facts and governing law, neither of which lives in an office, so the online version of the work is simply the work. What stays offline is the courtroom: appearances, contested hearings, and anything requiring an advocate admitted in the jurisdiction. Some execution formalities, certain notarizations and witness requirements, also still happen in person under state rules, after the drafting is done.
Handled entirely online here
Custom drafting across 150+ document types through the attorney drafting service, redline-and-memo checks through online document review, and business paper through the contract desk.
Not sold here, online or otherwise
Court representation, appearances, negotiation on your behalf, and filing with courts or state agencies. When a matter needs those, we say so plainly and you retain counsel; the documents we prepare are delivered ready for you or your attorney to use.
Who Gets Their Legal Documents Done Over the Internet
The online model was built for buyers who need the document, not the office: one clear matter, a defined deliverable, and no reason to pay hourly rates for the room it is drafted in.
Individuals with one document that has to be right
A demand letter, a will, a loan agreement between family members, a lease. One matter, one fixed quote, no office visit and no retainer.
Founders and small businesses
Service agreements, NDAs, employment paper, terms of service. The documents that used to mean an hourly engagement now come back through a portal in days.
Recurring-volume buyers
Landlords, HR teams, and agencies with a steady document flow use the same desk each time, so every new instrument starts from context instead of a blank intake.
People comparing the four provider types
Buyers burned by a template that did not fit, or quoted firm rates for a single document, land here to figure out which kind of online provider their job actually needs.
Three Ways an Engagement Starts
Every path runs through the same portal and the same fixed-quote discipline; the difference is how much of the platform you need.
One document, one quote
The default path.
Describe the matter once through the quote form. A fixed quote with turnaround and revision allowance comes back within a business day, and the engagement closes when the document is delivered.
A recurring document flow
Same desk, every matter.
Volume buyers keep the portal thread open: each new agreement, letter, or policy is quoted the same way, drafted with the context of the last one, and delivered to the same secure workspace.
Start free, escalate when custom
The honest on-ramp.
Pull a free template or run a calculator first. If your facts fit the standard form, you are done and paid nothing. The moment terms stop being standard, the same platform escalates to attorney work.
How a Confidential Document Stays Confidential Online
The security question matters more online than off. Documents here move through an encrypted portal with access limited to the attorney on your matter, never through an open email thread, and files are deleted on request once delivery is confirmed.
Encrypted portal, never open email
Uploads, drafts, and messages move through an encrypted portal. The confidential agreement you want reviewed never rides an open email thread.
Access limited to your attorney
Files are visible only to the attorney assigned to your matter. There is no shared drive, no offshore processing pool, no browsing across accounts.
Deletion on request
Once delivery is confirmed, you can have the source files and working drafts deleted. The document is yours; the copies do not need to live anywhere else.
What Legal Tank is, and is not
Legal Tank is not a law firm and does not provide legal representation, court appearances, or filing services, online or otherwise. Documents are drafted or reviewed by licensed attorneys and delivered for your own use; no attorney-client relationship is formed. When a matter needs an advocate, retain licensed counsel in your jurisdiction.
The free layer: online legal tools and attorney-verified templates
A fair amount of legal work needs no attorney at all, and an honest platform gives that layer away. The attorney-verified template library covers 150+ standard documents as free downloads, and the interactive legal calculators and generators handle jobs like estimating a settlement range or assembling a simple notice, no account required. Start free; escalate to attorney work only when your facts stop being standard.
The template-or-attorney test in one line: if you can answer every blank in the form without hesitating, the template is probably enough; the moment a blank makes you think "it depends," that is custom work.
What Clients Say About Working With Us Online
Real client reviews from engagements that ran entirely through the platform: intake, drafting, and delivery without an office visit.
“Needed an NDA before a partnership meeting on short notice. Had it in my inbox the same evening. Lifesaver.”
“They drafted my freelance contract in two days and it's already saved me from a non-paying client. Worth every penny.”
“Entire employee handbook done in two days. Every policy customized to our state. Incredibly fast.”
“Needed an international distribution agreement fast. Legal Tank delivered a thorough document covering all jurisdictions. Our attorneys had zero issues with it.”
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Put your document in front of an attorney, from wherever you are
Describe the matter once. A fixed quote with turnaround and included revisions comes back within a business day, and the whole engagement runs through the secure portal.
Quotes return same business day on intakes received before 5 PM ET