Short Essay on the Legal Process Outsourcing – In Legal Process Outsourcing, vendors or in-house departments of organizations outsource their legal work from off-shore areas where it is expensive to perform, say like US, UK to cheaper destinations likes India, Philippines etc.
Several international law firms, legal departments of large corporations are taking the LPO route to be lucrative and are increasingly outsourcing their legal work to India.
The growth has primarily- been due to advantage of the time zone, availability of English speaking lawyers, familiarity with common law doctrines, the capability of vendors to offer higher value services attract foreign firms.
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Except for fighting court cases in foreign countries, Indian lawyers are doing everything else for their western counterparts – Para legal services, preparation of pleadings, litigation support, legal research, case studies etc.
Lawyers in India charge pittance in comparison to their western counterparts. Thus, Indian legal services are affordable and efficient.
Legal outsourcing is one of the most risk prone sectors because of security issues and transfer of private data; however, overall benefits have tremendously boosted the business. Indian LPO industry is booming and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.