Comments on: The evolution of outsourcing http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing Dispatches from a legal profession on the brink Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: The rise of the super-boutique http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-2036&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 The rise of the super-boutique Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:24:36 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-2036 [...] best and outsourcing the rest, which is exactly what Camerons did here. It’s closest to the Wave system pioneered by Lovells (as it then was), but a Wave circulates work from a major urban firm through smaller regional [...] [...] best and outsourcing the rest, which is exactly what Camerons did here. It’s closest to the Wave system pioneered by Lovells (as it then was), but a Wave circulates work from a major urban firm through smaller regional [...]

]]> By: Padma Shanthamurthy http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-1685&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Padma Shanthamurthy Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:20:19 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-1685 Some US law firms are embracing the change, and reaping rewards from it. One example is our own parent law firm. As a result of setting up an Indian legal process outsourcing company / LPO ( http://www.sddglobal.com ), that law firm is receiving more client revenue, not less. This is coming in part from (a) existing clients who send the firm "elective" legal work that otherwise would never be performed, due to cost, but which is not a problem when the U.S. lawyers are paid only to supervise and edit the work of attorneys in India, and (b) new clients who come to the law firm only because of its reputation for developing an alternative to the old model. So there is no need to start making funeral arrangements for the U.S. legal industry. Forward-thinking law firms will adapt, embrace off-shore legal outsourcing, and learn how to make it serve not only the interests of their clients, but their own. Padma Shanthamurthy http://www.sddglobal.com high-end legal outsourcing Some US law firms are embracing the change, and reaping rewards from it. One example is our own parent law firm. As a result of setting up an Indian legal process outsourcing company / LPO ( http://www.sddglobal.com ), that law firm is receiving more client revenue, not less. This is coming in part from (a) existing clients who send the firm “elective” legal work that otherwise would never be performed, due to cost, but which is not a problem when the U.S. lawyers are paid only to supervise and edit the work of attorneys in India, and (b) new clients who come to the law firm only because of its reputation for developing an alternative to the old model.

So there is no need to start making funeral arrangements for the U.S. legal industry. Forward-thinking law firms will adapt, embrace off-shore legal outsourcing, and learn how to make it serve not only the interests of their clients, but their own.

Padma Shanthamurthy
http://www.sddglobal.com
high-end legal outsourcing

]]> By: Janelle O'Connor http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-1617&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Janelle O'Connor Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:02:12 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-1617 Great read. Great read.

]]> By: Simon Borys http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-1613&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 Simon Borys Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:35:27 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-1613 Great article! Some very forward thinking insights into LPO. Great article! Some very forward thinking insights into LPO.

]]> By: Hoda http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-1612&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Hoda Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-1612 It's a trend that's growing, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good one. Jobs are important in any country and sending them out doesn't make too much sense to me. Not to mention the fact that in this day and age of national security concerns and heighten alert levels, outsourcing has been cited as a possible contributing factor in security leaks: http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2008/11/20/outsourcing-offshore-cutting-costs-at-the-expense-of-security/ It’s a trend that’s growing, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a good one. Jobs are important in any country and sending them out doesn’t make too much sense to me. Not to mention the fact that in this day and age of national security concerns and heighten alert levels, outsourcing has been cited as a possible contributing factor in security leaks: http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2008/11/20/outsourcing-offshore-cutting-costs-at-the-expense-of-security/

]]> By: Combating outsourcing by adopting best practices internally / law firm innovation | The Biz Law Blog http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-1603&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Combating outsourcing by adopting best practices internally / law firm innovation | The Biz Law Blog Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:02:33 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-1603 [...] http://www.law21.ca/2010/06/08/the-evolution-of-outsourcing/ var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname="Combating outsourcing by adopting best practices internally / law firm innovation"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://thebizlawblog.com/index.php/2010/06/30/combating-outsourcing-by-adopting-best-practices-internally-law-firm-innovation/"; [...] [...] http://www.law21.ca/2010/06/08/the-evolution-of-outsourcing/ var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname="Combating outsourcing by adopting best practices internally / law firm innovation"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://thebizlawblog.com/index.php/2010/06/30/combating-outsourcing-by-adopting-best-practices-internally-law-firm-innovation/"; [...]

]]> By: Sanket Purani http://www.law21.ca/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law21.ca%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-evolution-of-outsourcing%2F%23comment-1586&seed_title=The+evolution+of+outsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1586 Sanket Purani Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:02:05 +0000 http://www.law21.ca/?p=1567#comment-1586 Some great insight here on an overall trend taking shape. I'll be on the lookout for signs of 'mexican waves' here in the U.S. Great post! Some great insight here on an overall trend taking shape. I’ll be on the lookout for signs of ‘mexican waves’ here in the U.S. Great post!

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