Number of outsourced legal jobs expected to grow: "Except for fighting court cases in New York or London for law firms there, Indian lawyers are doing everything else for their western counterparts - litigation support, contract review, patent writing and paralegal services. "Legal process outsourcing as it is being called, has very high growth potential, and according to latest...
News from a litigation support vendor based in Austin: "Tusker Group, LP, a global service organization providing business and knowledge process outsourcing today announced the availability of first level document review services via an outsourced model."Tusker Group now offers first level document review to law firms and corporate counsel world-wide, utilizing a hybrid method that...
Another a must-read article about outsourcing paralegal & other legal services to India: "Some local law firms are looking at the possibility of outsourcing legal services to save money and keep clients' costs down, although none so far appears to have actually done so. "A few weeks ago, Seattle-based Perkins Coie LLP formed a task force to look into offshore outsourcing. The...
See the latest prediction here: "India is set to achieve significant growth from its current share of 3-4 per cent to 6-7 per cent in the 250 billion dollar global market of Legal Process Outsourcing, by 2010."According to the BPO Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM), more than 200 top US companies alone are looking for offshore locations towards...
Virtual assistants also 'do' legal! "For most professionals, Friday, May 19, 2006 will be an ordinary workday -- but not for Lynn Carroll, a virtual legal assistant who lives and works from her home in Colorado Springs. She, along with colleagues in the area and around the world will be celebrating the first annual International Virtual Assistants Day (IVAD). The inaugural celebration of...
There's more talk about outsourcing legal research & paralegal jobs. One report says that by 2015, 79,000 jobs will be outsourced; half will be legal staff & paralegals. Will your job be one of them? "General counsel should know of the dramatic increase in compensation levels for associates working for large Texas firms. As in the past, the reason for the increase was that Texas...
And it's all about discovery documents: "The costs of document discovery are expected to rise by almost $3 billion by 2007, according to a recent article in The National Law Journal. "An increasing number of law firms are turning to contract attorneys and paralegals to review, code, index and summarize discovery documents. Many of the nation's 250 largest firms reported hiring...
Interesting approach to building legal teams: Lawyers function best as members of a team. No lawyer can do everything. A paralegal or administrative assistant whose qualifications and skills meet your needs will effectively extend the reach and quality of your practice. You can hire such a person to work full time, on your payroll. However, technology increasingly affords an efficient...
Interesting story about a pilot starting a new paralegal business because he won a contest! "As an airline pilot navigating the skies, Richard Ahlquist said he already has a dream job. Now he gets to work on a second one. "The Woodbury resident is one of three national winners of the first Dream Job contest, coordinated by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and Dream in You, a...
So, do you agree that legal work outsourcing is now an unstoppable train? "Pangea3, a company that focuses on providing outsourced legal and patent support services, said Friday it has received a $4-million second round of financing led by the GlenRock Group. “'The financing underscores the growing demand for outsourced legal services as a solution to the spiraling costs of outside legal...