Legal Services Outsourcing is a relatively new
yet a rapidly expanding phenomenon. Economies of Scale are encouraging
law firms in developed countries make increased use of Legal Service
Providers in developing countries such as India where services of
skilled professionals are relatively much cost effective
At present outsource work in Legal Services is a mix of secretarial and
legal work like:
- Indexing and scanning documents
- Legal Codings
- Legal Transcription
- Legal Documentation
- Patent review and searches
- Drafting Contracts
- Surveying Laws of various Jurisdictions
- Legal Research
- Litigation support graphics
How does Legal Service Outsourcing Help
Legal Firms:
- Legal firms are realizing the cost effectiveness of outsourcing
predictable legal work to countries where hiring costs of skilled
professions is much lower than that in developed countries.
- Investing into new technologies increases operation costs for law
firms, besides additional workload reduces the efficiency of the
lawyer.
- In today's, competitive scenario lawyers have on them the
pressure of reducing costs. Law Firms, therefore, are finding it
advantageous to outsource various legal and para-legal works to
professionals who are capable of completing the task more
effectively in lesser time and cost.
- Quality of work outsourced is almost the same as what legal firms
can get in-house though at a higher cost.
