Modern times showcase Legal Process Outsourcing is one of the biggest and the most active areas for outsourcing.
From large corporations to small legal departments, everybody wants to taste the slice of outsourcing services.
LPO actually comprises of all the work that is actively performed by lawyers on a regular basis.
For law firms and attorneys, completing non-legal tasks can actually prove to be quite burdensome and thus result in piling up of these tasks.
Completion of this piled up work might require a hell lot of time and effort which can otherwise be utilised in representing clients in courts, providing legal opinion and approving final drafts.
LPO today is not only about legal drafting, law office management, litigation support or legal document management, instead, it includes any and all functions that can be performed in the office by a legal assistant.
The same level and efficient quality of service can be provided by a virtual assistant through means of legal process outsourcing services.
Below mentioned are few services that can be outsourced to a legal process outsourcing company.
Point to be noted is that these services just form the crunch of the comprehensive suite of services that can be availed from an outsourced firm:
- Legal Writing: One of the core fields that require extensive research and analyzation on the part of the person actually preparing the brief is the task of legal writing. This requires a lot of work as the work product created needs not only be mailed but the same, as per requirement needs to be emailed and documented in the case management system.
- Legal summaries: Preparation of legal summaries is one another field that is gaining popularity in today’s legal scene. Good summary requires a person to read through voluminous records, and that is a time that can be well spent making money and performing core legal functions.
- Legal Research: Law Firms or corporations who consider outsourcing are always on the lookout for a company that does ample research and their end result certifies for the same. Attorneys are always in the need for all kinds of research. Be it locating names/addresses of clients or witnesses, researching about real estate titles or looking up of old case laws, legal process outsourcing is considered as the best and cost-effective alternative.
- E-Discovery: One of the toughest tasks on the hands of any law firm would be the e-discovery process. This generally includes identifying, collating, reading and categorizing the documents that are related to a particular lawsuit. With the drastic rise in the number of cases moving to litigation, there has also been a drastic increase in the volume of records that are to be maintained as per the case requirement. Outsourcing proves to be a boon in these circumstances.
- Scheduling: As the popularity of the firm increases, there will also be a gradual increase in the number of clients and meetings that will be popping up in a day. Scheduling of these meetings to an outsourced company would ensure that none of the meetings in your firm’s team members clashes with other members.
Thus, the emergence of the legal service outsourcing (LSO), [more refined and attuned to the concept of legal process outsourcing] industry has changed the way people look at legal outsourcing concept.
Emerging from LPO is LSO concept, wherein innovative legal solutions are combined with technology and best-fit resources ultimately leading to refined legal oversight.
LSO model has started concentrating on the concepts of due diligence, compliance, document review and specialized contract management services.
It is clear that the LSO will continue to grow and be recognised as one of the most emergent industries, and the value chain provided by these industries is set to spread with the concept of wider legal spectrum outsourcing becoming more prominent.