«CMS Intelliteach is solely focused on
the outsourced law firm service desk so adding Charles Street's comprehensive managed IT services solutions to our UK offering gives clients more choices and a true «one stop» option when it comes to outsourced IT and the service desk,» stated Lance Waagner, president, CMS Intelliteach.
Not exact matches
As more
law departments and
law firms consider unbundling matters and
services and
outsourcing some parts thereof, they will need new capabilities, new pricing models, and new ways of collaborating.»
But he wants to go further, and is convinced the
firm can «commercialize its back office,» offering its operations center as an
outsourcing service for other
law firms, handling administration, IT and even basic legal research for them.»
Legal process
outsourcing (LPO) refers to the practice of obtaining support
services from an outside
law firm or legal support
services company (LPO provider).
Work traditionally done by
law firms is being taken by online
services,
outsourcing agencies, and software.
The big question however that is yet to be definitively answered is how does
outsourcing of legal
services by
law firms benefit the
law firms?
In Europe and the United States it has become very common for corporate entities and, more recently,
law firms to
outsource legal work, including agency work, document review, due diligence, legal research and writing, drafting of pleadings and other litigation support, contract management, and patent and other IP
services.
I founded Qualitas, an early legal process
outsourcing company, and later became a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Clearspire, an internationally recognized
law firm and legal
service provider.
Integreon is well known for its e-discovery, managed document review, legal process
outsourcing (LPO), research and knowledge support, and middle office business
services for
law firms, corporations, and financial institutions.
As
outsourcing becomes more common, LPO
services may create new risks for legal professionals that will be addressed by
law firm insurers in the coming year.
Law firms need to take advantage of the current IT revolution, improved
outsourced service providers and new management techniques, to drive down costs and improve pay.
Fronterion, an international management consultancy which focuses exclusively on advising
law firms and corporations on
outsourced legal
services recently published a report on the Top Ten Trends for Legal
Outsourcing in 2012.
The captioned headline read: The legal process
outsourcing ship has sailed and Canadian
law firms need to make sure they're not left behind by clients seeking more cost - effective legal
services.
Making the decision to hire a virtual worker or pay for legal process
outsourcing can be as simple as hiring an independent contractor fresh out of
law school to do easy tasks, but if you are serious about using virtual workers on a larger scale in your
firm and really getting the most out of it, it is important be aware of ethics considerations; price benefits and initial investments; and intangible benefits and costs when weighing the options of paying for a full - time staff, hiring on - site independent contractors, using
outsourced service providers or juggling all of the work on your own.
Interviews explored various areas including the changing relationships with
law firms; the extent to which work has become disaggregated; and how multi-sourcing (i.e. the use of multiple sources of legal
service delivery, including
outsourcing... [more]
Keep in mind that expertise in this practice area, as well as other practice areas of the
firm (Business
Law, Litigation, Real Estate
Law, Trusts and Wills, Probate, Family
Law), is available with our
Outsourced General Counsel
service.
Survey respondents include 67 North American
law firms of varying sizes, around half of whom currently
outsource legal
services.
So last December, when the legal
outsourcing firm Integreon announced the first «Shared Information
Service», or
outsourced law library
services, I was very intrigued.
Outsourcing companies are now following this strategy, getting rich by providing outsourcing legal and patent services to law firms and other businesses, in one case, to the tune of four million doll
Outsourcing companies are now following this strategy, getting rich by providing
outsourcing legal and patent services to law firms and other businesses, in one case, to the tune of four million doll
outsourcing legal and patent
services to
law firms and other businesses, in one case, to the tune of four million dollars a year.
In our opinion,
outsourcing services / projects can help
law firms and partners focus on the legal work.
Lex Projex ™ is an independent Project Management Office («PMO») offering
outsourced Legal Project Management («LPM»)
services to corporate legal departments,
law firms and legal vendors that desire (but lack) their own, in - house PMO or LPM capability or expertise.
Having instant access to a first - class
outsourced legal cashiering
service was a key consideration for Ian Walker when he launched his own family
law and mediation
firm.
He is also the founder of Lex Projex ™, an independent Project Management Office («PMO») offering
outsourced Legal Project Management («LPM»)
services to corporate legal departments,
law firms and legal vendors.
Integreon has signed up another
law firm to its stable of
outsourcing clients with Morgan Cole the latest to take up the use of its Bristol
service centre.
Yesterday, there was another announcement: Clio is partnering with CuroLegal, an
outsourcing and consulting
firm, to provide professional
services to assist
law firms with software configuration and customization, on - site training, data migration and custom application -LSB-...]
He finds increasingly GCs are focused on creating value and leveraging some of the new business models in legal
services such as using alternative legal
service providers, engaging in legal process
outsourcing (LPO) or even shifting corporate legal work to «large enough»
law firms.
Welcome to Juridica Legal Research, a Canadian
firm providing
outsourced legal research, analysis and drafting
services to
law firms and in - house legal departments since 2007.
The
firm's complimentary business
law practice offers
services in the areas of business contracts, corporate debt and capital finance, business transactions,
outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.
With over 20 years of experience, the team at Legal Marketing Maven is a full
service legal
outsourcing company and we offer variety of
services to meet your
law firm marketing, team building, administrative and implementation needs.
It is time for
law firms to deliver
services with the quality of a
law firm but with the operational excellence of an
outsourcing company»
Legal Marketing Maven is a full
service outsourcing firm for attorneys, offering the tools and resources lawyers need to implement consistent, focused, diversified marketing in their
law practice.
I wonder how the
law firm librarian role as «trusted adviser» will adapt to the type of change
outsourced services would bring to an organization.
Nowadays most of the
law firms, lawyers & attorney use
outsourcing services for the numerous time - consuming tasks like legal research & writing, litigation
services, legal Document review
service, Contract management which allow them to focus on other clients based activities to maximize the profit of the business.
LOD bagged the ABS prize for its latest venture, developed in conjunction with DLA Piper — a
service that allows
law firms to ditch the need to build their own flexible lawyering businesses by
outsourcing their requirements to LOD instead, tapping LOD's resources of lawyers, knowhow and technology.
One of the solutions for a struggling economy and the legal
services industry (i.e. both
law firms and legal departments) is to
outsource certain legal tasks to lower cost jurisdictions.
This panel will discuss how innovative
law departments are meeting this challenge by using a portfolio of insourcing,
outsourcing, technology, benchmarking, analytics and project management techniques to create and manage a legal ecosystem of
law firm and non-
law firm LPOs, for
law department operations and substantive legal
services.
A recognized leader in legal process
outsourcing services, American Discovery provides resources and insight to law firms and companies in the areas of Managed Document Review, Litigation and Other Support Services, Discovery Consulting, Legal Research, and Contract Man
services, American Discovery provides resources and insight to
law firms and companies in the areas of Managed Document Review, Litigation and Other Support
Services, Discovery Consulting, Legal Research, and Contract Man
Services, Discovery Consulting, Legal Research, and Contract Management.
Chris's executive career includes chief operating officer Europe & Americas at professional
services outsourcing firm Integreon and executive and board member roles at
law firm Osborne Clarke.
In addition to standard IT functions like storage and communications that some
firms have already begun to
outsource, the security
services offered by these companies that would be of interest to
law firms may include:
Multidisciplinary Practices: The increasing number of multidisciplinary practices and the employment of non-lawyer professionals will continue to perform more of the administrative and quasi-legal
services performed by
law firms, but at lower cost, i.e., ancillary
services, in private
law firms of all sizes and specialties including human resources training
outsourcing, real estate title
services, wealth management
services for money and investment management, etc..
Although A2L is a preferred vendor for a number of major
law firms, most preferred vendor programs have largely focused on e-discovery, legal process
outsourcing, and other more easily commoditized
services like copying or scanning.
One thing that is definitely growing in the global legal market is legal process
outsourcing — having commodity work or lower value work done by not necessarily
law firms but
services based in India or the Philippines where that work is predicated upon repetitive need for that type of work and we don't find we have the demand for that in Canada with respect to our business.
The businesses studied range from publicly traded
law firms to freelance lawyers; from legal process
outsourcing to online legal
services; from Co-operative Legal Services in the U.K., owned by retailer The Co-operative Group, to SkyLaw LLP in Toronto, a boutique firm that harnesses technology to offer big - firm
services; from Co-operative Legal
Services in the U.K., owned by retailer The Co-operative Group, to SkyLaw LLP in Toronto, a boutique firm that harnesses technology to offer big - firm
Services in the U.K., owned by retailer The Co-operative Group, to SkyLaw LLP in Toronto, a boutique
firm that harnesses technology to offer big -
firm service.
Legalwise offers an alternative by providing
outsourced legal
services to corporate legal departments and
law firms on an hourly basis; with no minimum commitments; and at significantly lower costs.
Canadian
law firms and corporate legal departments stand to benefit from offshore
outsourced legal
services in the same way as their United States and United Kingdom counterparts have benefited.
It's now clear that the rise of LSO (legal
services outsourcing) has the potential to change the shape and business model of the traditional
law firm; a new book has predicted.
The company was launched as a boutique staffing agency for
law firms in southern California, later expanding to include full -
service outsourcing and managed
services for legal library management and operations.
He has been in the legal sector since 1999 and enjoyed leadership roles in a number of global
law firms — driving technology based change initiatives across EMEA, delivering in - and
outsourced services and leading the (technology) merger between two European
firms.
Law firms who
outsource some, or all, of their accounting and billing operations are able to save money, obtain substantially better financial information, and utilize
firm leadership time and energy on more profitable pursuits like client
service and attracting new clients.
Orion is proud to partner with 4L
Law Firm Services, which provides our clients with outsourced accounting s
Services, which provides our clients with
outsourced accounting
servicesservices.