Starting and Managing Your Own Business: A Freelancing Guide for Paralegals (Paralegal Practice Library) Posted: March 23rd, 2018 — $68.00 Author Dorothy Secol, a freelance paralegal with over a dozen years of experience, offers helpful guidance on all phases of operating as an independent contractor, including marketing, billing, setting up an office and determining which assignments will be most profitable. Sample retainer agreements, charts, letters, and forms are included.