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Models of Legal Process Outsourcing.

Legal process outsourcing is the recent most trends that are catching hold of law process in India. Amongst the many legal processes being outsourced in the Indian sub-continent, the most prominent of them include, legal research, due diligence support, document review, trade mark services, patent support services, litigation support and many more. Most of the outsourcing legal firms in India provide complete efficiency in their work.

There are different work models being followed by the legal process outsourcing. And all these models help at different levels to visualize outsourcing as an ideal means for creating promiscuous job opportunities in the legal arena. However, in generality, there are two most practical models the function in LPO. Under the first model, the firm acts as a middleman and performs the task of introducing LPO clients to the outsourcing companies in India. Under the second model, LPO outsourcing company establishes the direct contact with the client in US, UK and Europe.

However, there are different reasons why all LPO models simply don’t work well. These include, delayed understanding between the client and the LPO outsourcing firm; breach of proprietary information etc.

No doubt, LPO is the latest in the legal realm.

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Why Legal Process Outsourcing?

With the rising outsourcing market, there’s very little doubt left that legal process outsourcing (LPO) is the lucrative area which is bound to offer sumptuous growth opportunities for the new lawyers and allied legal professionals. LPO process is beneficial for legal outsourcing company as well as outsourcer law firms strategically located in United States, UK and Europe. The law companies outsource their legal administrative work services document review, legal research, patent services, and drafting of pleadings and legal briefings.

LPO offers low cost, but professional opportunity to the companies to manage legal and para-legal work. As per the available trends for the year 2010 and later, clearly show high quality LPO work to the third world nations, especially India and Philippines.

If we go by the approximate statistics, attorneys and law firms working in US and elsewhere in European nations charge $150 -$350 on an hourly basis. By outsourcing legal and para-legal work to the countries like India, high quality legal processing work can be conducted at extremely reduced costs.

The prominent services offered by LPO include, Contract Management, Legal research, Case Management, Patent Services, Document Review etc. LPO is making its power felt in the developing nations by all means, and it is one sector that has the potential of vertical growth.

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What is Legal Process Outsourcing?

LPO takes its course from KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing). KPO refers to knowledge process outsourcing and which invariably includes, valuation research, investment research, patent filing and legal and insurance claim analysis.

Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is the means where a law firm or corporation (usually located in US and Europe) hire the services of an offshore legal support services company. LPO has shown phenomenal progress in recent times and the countries like Philippines and India have served as the breeding grounds for providing legal processing of document review, legal research and writing, drafting of pleadings and briefs, and patents by legal experts.

LPO is also seen as a prominent cost saving measure for the law firms in US, UK and Europe. Off shoring legal processes to the countries like India, has also generated employment for the intellectuals in the law sector. Taking the case of Indian sub-continent, it offers vast potential for legal processing. With prominent and reputed law schools, there is no dearth of legal professionals. In addition, the legal system in India has taken from British Common Law and American Law.

However, statistics show that at present Indian lawyers are not qualified to give legal advice in US or European courts, but are adept enough to handle para –legal services.

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