http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog Exploring New Trends in Legal Outsourcing Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:04:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A recent article in the Chicago Daily Herald discusses the continuing trend of U.S. firms outsourcing legal services. The author notes that this trend is continuing to grow, with law firms and inhouse lawyers using legal outsourcing companies for conducting legal research, performing document reviews, writing due diligence reports ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/12/25/offhsoring-of-legal-services-continuing-to-grow/ An article from delawareonline discusses DuPont's continued use of offshore resources to perform legal services. According to the experts, most U.S. companies will rely on their U.S. lawyers for the specialized skills and high-level legal writing and appearance in court. DuPont, however, is "freeing up some of its ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/12/13/us-companies-continue-to-offshore-legal-services/ The outsourcing of legal services has been gaining a lot of attention lately. Ellen Tanowitz wrote an interesting article this month in the New Lawyer, an online newsletter for the ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division. In the article, titled "Using an Independent Contractor in Your Legal Practice", ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/28/lawyers-outsourcing-work-to-other-lawyers/ Peter Olson, the founder and a principal in The Olson Law Firm in Chicago, mentioned LawSourcing in a recent post on his Blog (thanks Peter!). In his blog post, Peter said to Check out the site. I think it just went online very recently...there aren't too many projects posted as ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/26/50/ The New York City Bar recently issued an ethics opinion clarifying how bar members may use the services of offshore legal service providers. In a nutshell, New York City Bar lawyers may offshore legal services provided they meet five requirements: A New York lawyer may ethically outsource legal support services ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/24/new-york-city-bar-addresses-offshoring/ More and more lawyers are jumping into the blogosphere; however, many are finding that it takes a lot of time and effort to maintain a blog. Edward Poll, the author of the LawBiz Blog, recently wrote an article describing 10 ways a blog boosts a law firm's image. ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-time-to-blog-then-outsource-it/ The New York Times recently published an article about the slow-but-steady movement of law firms towards outsourcing. The driving factor? Cost, of course. The latest is Clifford Chance, one of the largest law firms in the world, with 29 offices in 20 countries, which was to announce Friday a ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/18/large-firms-tiptoeing-towards-distant-shores/ A new article by Ron Friedmann and Joy London suggest some interesting data about offshoring. First, offshoring of legal works seems to be happening at a slow pace -- certainly slower than many experts were expecting. From the article: Our impression, based on reading and talking to onshore and ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/18/offshoring-trends/ Ron Friedmann at Prism Legal posted a nice blog entry about LawSourcing today. (Thanks Ron!) In his blog post, he quotes from one of his recent articles where he wrote: The core business of law firms is a combination of solving legal problems and helping clients cope with difficult situations. An ... http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/14/lawsourcing/ LawSourcing went live at 12:40 am Central Time today. Please visit it at http://www.lawsourcing.com and let us know what you think. http://www.lawsourcing.com/blog/2006/11/14/lawsourcing-is-live/