Legal Outsourcing Is A Win Win Win Situation (For All the Three Parties Involved)
Every business can flourish when it makes its clients happy with its services.
So it is with the law firms.
The work that goes on in a law firm is different because every single move in the legal arena has to go on record.
Backups are required.
Lengthy procedures and documentation work is a must and is a necessary part of the law process.
Years of litigation means tons of paper work.
In a country like the US it can bleed a client and getting all the work done at one own firm can exhaust the ambitious law professional.
So now there is a solution called legal outsourcing that has come around for a few years and is increasing in demand as it is a win win win situation (for the lawyer, the client, and the offshore service provider).
The law firm with the permission of the client can send some of the legal/paralegal paper work to some offshore location and save on time and money.
Legal outsourcing today is mostly offshoring of paralegal and also legal works (like legal research, legal documentation, transcription, due diligence, document review etc) to offshore countries like India, where highly affordable services are provided by competent and qualified law professionals having expertise in American law.
This is how all the three outsourcing parties get benefited by offshoring part of the work.
Benefits for the Law Firm/ AttorneyCan focus on core issues of litigation Can exceed client expectation Reduced cost of having regular employee Avoid the burden of hiring and training Increase in profit/saving Benefits for the Client More time to interact with the Lawyer Big savings on attorney fees Better service from the law firms Benefits for the Offshore/Domestic Outsourcing firm More business Evolving from BPO to KPO Appropriate employment opportunity Better income compared to local work Legal outsourcing today is a broad term that encompasses terms like Litigation Support outsourcing, LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing), paralegal outsourcing and KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing).
So it is with the law firms.
The work that goes on in a law firm is different because every single move in the legal arena has to go on record.
Backups are required.
Lengthy procedures and documentation work is a must and is a necessary part of the law process.
Years of litigation means tons of paper work.
In a country like the US it can bleed a client and getting all the work done at one own firm can exhaust the ambitious law professional.
So now there is a solution called legal outsourcing that has come around for a few years and is increasing in demand as it is a win win win situation (for the lawyer, the client, and the offshore service provider).
The law firm with the permission of the client can send some of the legal/paralegal paper work to some offshore location and save on time and money.
Legal outsourcing today is mostly offshoring of paralegal and also legal works (like legal research, legal documentation, transcription, due diligence, document review etc) to offshore countries like India, where highly affordable services are provided by competent and qualified law professionals having expertise in American law.
This is how all the three outsourcing parties get benefited by offshoring part of the work.
Benefits for the Law Firm/ Attorney
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