Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Are American lawyers to good to do legal paperwork nowadays?

"Legal Ousourcing brings US / UK Attorneys to India"
Economywatch.com

More and more companies have resorted to Asian countries for cheap labor, and American lawyers are following the example into India. Instead of paying young American lawyers to do all of the dirty work - the endless paperwork, contracts, etc. - the new legal fad is to use the cheaper, yet still English-speaking and brilliant lawyers, in India. "It really is the future of legal services," claims Leah Cooper, Director of Legal Outsourcing for CPA global. The number of these legal outsourcing corporations in India has jumped from 40 in 2005 to 140 in 2009. The total profits of legal outsourcing has also increased 38% in just four years. Maybe Cooper is on to something...

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