Dudley Henriques ) wrote:
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: The lawyers NEVER lose!! after all.......they designed the system!!!!!:-)
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Even lawyers can be offshored...
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...how/426946.cms
Now, outsourcing to hit US lawyers - The Economic Times
"After tech jobs and financial jobs , it is now the turn of US legal
jobs to move to India.
West, the Eagan-based legal-publishing unit of Canada's Thomson Corp.,
has started a small test office in Mumbai. Here, half-a-dozen Indian
lawyers are doing online interpretation and legal-classification of
"unpublished decisions" of US state and lower courts, the Star Tribune
has reported. ( Can US legal eagles derail the Indian BPO train? )
Their work is currently not considered big deals -- or "precedential"
in legal parlance.
However, one day, these lawyers could be interpreting and synthesising
US court decisions for subscribers of Westlaw, the online legal
network relied upon by thousands of US attorneys.
[snip]
The American Lawyer had reported recently that General Electric and
other US firms are starting to use Indian lawyers to supplant some of
the work formerly done by US law firms.
Forrester Research, the market research firm, predicts that by 2015
more than 489,000 US lawyer jobs -- about 8 per cent of the total,
will shift to lower-cost countries."
http://www.atlaslegal.com/atlasBusineemode.html
Atlas legal Research
"Where do you go to find some of the world's best lawyers to write
top-quality legal briefs and memos for about the price of a discount
airline ticket?
Answer: We go to INDIA!
In 2001, Atlas established its first research center located in the
heart of India, the world's largest democracy and home to one of the
world's largest pools of intelligent, hard-working, English-proficient
lawyers. Simultaneously, Atlas maintains a presence in the US to
oversee quality and to ensure the finest service to our clients.
Here's why Atlas chose India for its first research center:..."
Would you like fries with your will ?
--Jerry Leslie
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