| type="text/javascript"> | | | | US associate lawyers' price tag between $225 and |
| US-based research firm Forester finds "legal process | | | | $450 per hour, India becomes a natural choice and |
| outsourcing can bring $4 billion and 79,000 jobs in India | | | | already five of the 20-odd domestic KPO firms have |
| in ten years and boost Knowledge Process | | | | established themselves and are tapping skilled legal |
| Outsourcing." | | | | professionals to handle the outsourced work. |
| On the other side, the National Association of | | | | In another report 'Offshoring Legal Services to India', |
| Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) | | | | ValueNotes, a leading provider of intelligence and |
| projected that legal processing outsourcing providers in | | | | research services, estimated that the sector employs |
| India will soon rise up to $3 billion. In 2004-05, India | | | | around 1,800 professionals and expects this to grow to |
| earned $6.7 billion by providing services in software, | | | | 24,000 by 2010. |
| technology and manufacturing outsourcing. In view of | | | | |