Say what you need
Search freely, or filter by area of law and canton. No account is needed at this stage.
How it works
From a legal question to a lawyer, step by step
From the first need to payment, step by step.
The journey at a glance
For clients
If you are looking for a lawyer
You do not need to know how to name your problem in legal terms. The area and the canton are enough to start.
Compare profiles
Rate, languages, canton of registration, practice areas and biography. Set aside the ones that interest you.
Book an appointment
Choose the length of the appointment and a time in the lawyer's calendar, then describe your situation and sign the consultation terms. The price follows the rate shown on the profile, with the service fee on top, announced before you confirm.
Work together
Messaging, documents and video calls, inside the mandate. Further appointments are booked from the mandate, without describing everything again.
Pay on ora.
You pay by card when you book, on ora., which collects on the lawyer’s behalf. ora.’s service fee is shown on a separate line and is non-refundable. On a time-based mandate, ora. sends you the lawyer’s invoice every Monday.
Payment, in three steps
You pay ora., which collects on the practitioner’s behalf
ora. keeps only its service fee. The rest is paid on to the practitioner.
You book
You choose an appointment or accept an offer. The price and the service fee are shown before you confirm.
You pay
By card, on ora. You receive a receipt from ora. that shows the practitioner’s fee and the service fee as separate amounts.
You work together
Messaging, documents, video calls. On a time-based mandate, the invoice arrives every Monday. If you disagree, ora. mediates.
For lawyers
If you are a lawyer
Verification is manual: ora. takes care to check the information submitted by the lawyer, for the security of both the legal professional and the client.
Create your profile
Canton, practice areas, languages, hourly rate and biography.
Have your registration verified
We check your registration against the cantonal register you name, and we keep the name of that register and the date.
Answer requests
You accept a booking, decline it or propose another time. Messaging opens once the mandate is paid. You remain free to turn a matter down.
Work, and be paid
The client pays ora., which collects on your behalf and then pays your fee to your bank account by transfer. ora.’s service fee is charged to the client, on its own line; the two amounts are never merged.
What never changes
Professional secrecy
What you write to a lawyer on ora. belongs to their relationship with you. The platform is built so that no member of ora. staff reaches the content of a matter in the normal course of events, and so that any exceptional access leaves a permanent record.
How it works
What is built in
Verification done by hand
An administrator consults the cantonal register the lawyer names, and we keep the name of the register and the date of the consultation.
Professional secrecy
A matter is visible to its client and to verified lawyers whose practice areas match it. There is no general administrative access to matter content in the product.
Two amounts, never one
The lawyer’s fee and ora.’s service fee stay separate everywhere they appear, from the booking to the receipt.
French and English
Both languages throughout, with translated addresses: /avocats and /lawyers are the same page.
Swiss hosting
Data stays in Switzerland, in the Zurich region.
Two-sided reviews
Reviews are tied to a completed engagement, and both sides review each other.
Questions people ask
Who sees what I write?
Only the lawyer you chose. There is no call for bids: your request is neither published nor passed to other lawyers, other clients and visitors cannot see it, and no ora. employee accesses it in the normal course of business.
How is a lawyer verified?
Every lawyer names the cantonal bar register they are registered with, and every legal practitioner (juriste) submits their Swiss law degree. An administrator checks the register or the diploma by hand, and we keep what was consulted and the date of the check. A profile only becomes visible to clients once that check is done.
Can the verification badge be out of date?
It is only shown while the verification stands: if it is withdrawn, or the account is suspended, the profile disappears from results immediately. The date the register was last consulted is on the profile, so you can judge how recent it is yourself.
What if the lawyer is not right for me?
Before you book, nothing commits you: searching for a lawyer and comparing profiles are free. After a first consultation you owe nothing further, and you can instruct someone else. If a lawyer sends you an offer for a mandate that does not suit you, you decline it and nothing is charged.
Can I cancel or move an appointment?
Yes, from your mandate, and the amount is shown before you confirm. Cancelling more than 24 hours before the appointment gets the lawyer’s fee back to you in full, between 24 and 2 hours before half of it, and nothing under 2 hours. The refund goes to your card. ora.’s service fee is non-refundable. Moving the appointment is free more than 24 hours before, and once inside that window; after that, the lawyer has to accept the new time. If the lawyer cancels or does not show up, their fee is refunded to you in full; ora.’s service fee is not.
Can a lawyer be on ora. without a Swiss bar registration?
No. Registration on a cantonal bar register is checked before a profile is published, and it is what the verification rests on.
Starting commits you to nothing
Looking for a lawyer and comparing profiles is free and needs no account. You decide only when you book, with the price and the service fee in front of you.