| The concept of offshore outsourcing has gained | | | | and complete the work before the official business |
| immense popularity in the coming times. Businesses | | | | day begins in the UK. Likewise, when it is day time in |
| across the world have not only embraced offshore | | | | India, it is night in US. So, when Attorneys in US leave |
| outsourcing but also integrated it as a key business | | | | office for the day, they instruct their counterparts in |
| strategy within their companies. The practice of | | | | India to do research on particular legal issues. In turn, |
| transferring an existing business function to external | | | | Indian lawyers work all through their day and complete |
| service provider enables businesses to utilize outside | | | | the work before the official business day begins in the |
| resources to perform activities previously handled | | | | US. And so, US Attorneys can have the complete |
| in-house, thus gaining a cost effectiveness. | | | | research done on their table in the early morning. |
| Legal Process Outsourcing to India | | | | Proficiency in English Language – India generates |
| Legal process outsourcing or LPO as its popularly | | | | more than 200 million English-speaking, |
| called is increasingly gaining popularity in the offshore | | | | college-educated professionals every year. And since |
| outsourcing world. And India is one of the major hubs | | | | the medium of education is English, all of them are well |
| for LPO services. In terms of brainpower, fluency in | | | | adept at the language thereby ensuring no |
| English language and knowledge of legal processes, | | | | communication problems. |
| Indian lawyers are well at par with the U.S. lawyers. | | | | Lots of Talent – India has more than 500 law |
| Also, India's legal system is based on English Common | | | | schools and about 200,000 law students graduating |
| Law and Indian legal training is conducted solely in | | | | each year, thus a large pool of attorneys. Lawyers in |
| English. Not only this, Appellate and Supreme Court | | | | India use the very same research tools and case |
| proceedings take place exclusively in English and legal | | | | summaries as associates in the U.S. do thereby |
| opinions are also written in the same language. This is | | | | ensuring a steady knowledge. In addition, India has a |
| why Indian lawyers are so well-conversant with the | | | | reputation of producing highly motivated, intelligent and |
| UK legal system. | | | | extremely process-oriented professionals. And they |
| Benefits of Outsourcing to India | | | | have no qualms completing tasks such as poring over |
| India is the world favorite destination for LPO services. | | | | and coding thousands of documents in advance of a |
| Here are some reasons why it is so: | | | | trial that foreign associates at law firms would look |
| Time Differences – India and UK lie in different time | | | | down upon. |
| zones which enables Indian lawyers to work overnight | | | | |