Outsourcing
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Outsourcing, Technology
Why India and Not Indiana? A Case for Taking e-Discovery ‘In House,’ Literally
In keeping with the highly optimistic “dey terk er jerbs” story lines of the last couple of weeks, such as Elie’s on how outsourcing could be great for associates, I thought I would address how attorneys working remotely on e-discovery projects could actually be a good thing for the future of Biglaw. A couple of […] -
Biglaw, Outsourcing
Outsourcing: Is It Good for Associates?
There’s been a lot of negativity surrounding the first steps of Biglaw into the outsourcing market. For obvious reasons: the U.S. legal job market is soft, and recent graduates are terrified that their entry-level jobs will flow out of the country. And they’re probably right. If outsourcing catches on, the structure of a law firm […] - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Outsourcing, Reader Polls
ABA Ponders Accrediting Offshore Law Schools
In August, 2008 the ABA issued a landmark ethics opinion allowing the outsourcing of U.S. legal work. This August, the ABA is pondering whether to accredit offshore law schools that follow the U.S. system. Because apparently 200 accredited U.S. law schools just isn’t enough. The National Law Journal reports: The American Bar Association is already […]
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Contract Attorneys, Document Review, India, Outsourcing, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Could Technology Turn The Tide Against Legal Outsourcing Overseas?
“Believe me, kiddos, this is bad news for all of us.” As many websites and blogs (including ATL) mentioned last week, The New York Times published an article by Heather Timmons entitled “Outsourcing to India Draws Western Lawyers.” The quote above was from the blog Shilling Me Softly giving its take on the article. As […] -
Outsourcing, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: No Impure Thoughts at Hughes Hubbard
It’s not that we’re snobs. It’s because we couldn’t trust it. The reason clients pay us what they pay us is because they know we’re 100 percent quality control. — Hughes, Hubbard & Reed partner Kenneth A. Lefkowitz in a New York Times/City Room story about outsourcing. -
Ann Althouse, Gay, Lesbians, Non-Sequiturs, Outsourcing
Non-Sequiturs: 08.05.10
* Congratulations to the best LGBT lawyers under 40! Check out the list — perhaps you know some of them? [National LGBT Bar Association] * Speaking of gays in the law, if you’re obsessing over Judge Vaughn Walker’s sexual orientation, stop it. Just stop it. [Huffington Post] * First Rudolph Giuliani’s daughter gets busted shoplifting […] -
Biglaw, Document Review, India, Job Searches, Outsourcing
Outsourcing: Here Come the Expats
Well, it was only a matter of time before the lawyers started to go where the work is. And, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that the work is in India. Western-trained lawyers are heading to India, to manage the country’s burgeoning legal outsourcing resources. From the New York Times (gavel bang: WSJ Law […] -
Biglaw, Outsourcing
Firms Don't Want to Talk About Outsourcing
Are Biglaw firms outsourcing legal work, or not? We don’t know, because apparently firms don’t want clients to know. The ABA Journal reports that most firms declined to even answer an outsourcing questionnaire: About 83 percent of the 30 responding law firms declined to participate in the survey, according to Fronterion, the Chicago-based outsourcing consulting […] - Sponsored
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Job Searches, Outsourcing
We Knew This Was Going to Happen: Michigan Encourages Law Grads to go to India
Is this a “terrible job” or “the inevitable future of the legal economy”? Note: those two answers aren’t mutually exclusive. The University of Michigan Law School — the 9th-best law school in America — is now posting job opportunities from India. Has it really gotten bad enough that graduates from a top law school should […] -
Biglaw, Outsourcing
Outsourcing: It's Not Just About the Money
It’s been a while since we checked in with the coming junior associate apocalypse that is legal outsourcing. Rest assured, LPOs around the globe are working hard to make sure that the Biglaw junior associate becomes extinct — at least as we know it. There’s a fascinating article on Law21 that discusses the evolution of […]
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