196 ABA Journal Outsourcing articles.
The cost of outsourced legal work is nearly as cheap in some parts of the United States as in India, according to a new report.
Contract lawyers in the Midwest…
Dec 12, 2011 11:30 AM CST
Lisa A. Alfaro joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 1995 after receiving her JD from Stanford Law School. Now she is partner in charge of the firm’s São Paulo office…
Nov 1, 2011 10:19 AM CDT
About 75 support staffers at O’Melveny & Myers learned on Monday that the law firm is eliminating their jobs.
In a statement provided to the ABA Journal, O’Melveny chief operating…
Oct 18, 2011 3:26 PM CDT
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Paul Lippe recently wrote The Rise of the Non-Firm Firms. The post generated considerable favorable comment, with the majority of the comment agreeing…
Sep 28, 2011 1:30 PM CDT
As the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 approaches its target date for submitting a package of resolutions to the association’s House of Delegates, the nature of the draft proposals it’s…
Sep 20, 2011 2:13 PM CDT
In July, Minnesota solo Bruce Cameron did a Rural Lawyer post listing eight misconceptions about rural law practice. This…
Sep 16, 2011 1:36 PM CDT A New York lawyer who has until now worked in high-level managerial roles at well-known financial institutions has accepted her first law firm job: as head of a new practice…
Sep 12, 2011 5:13 PM CDT India, with its booming economy and wealth of young, educated lawyers eager for work, was at the forefront of David Perla’s mind the day he met with his good friend…
Sep 12, 2011 1:37 PM CDT I want to talk about an important trend in legal services, the emergence of the “Non-Firm Firm.” What is a “non-firm firm,” and why does it have advantages over the…
Sep 8, 2011 5:03 PM CDT BigLaw and innovation? This year’s crop of Legal Rebels demonstrates that those are not necessarily contradictory terms. Certainly the major-firm environment has its soothing perks in salary, specialization and star…
Sep 1, 2011 10:19 AM CDT Whenever I have written about project management, process management or Lean and Six Sigma, I received considerable criticism from a number of people who feel that such concepts should not…
Aug 22, 2011 2:12 PM CDT We at ABAJournal.com are honored to be asked to host Blawg Review—“a blog carnival for everyone interested in law”— in conjunction with the 2011 ABA Annual Meeting…
Aug 8, 2011 7:00 PM CDT A legal malpractice suit filed against McDermott Will & Emery raises questions about outside lawyers hired to help screen documents for clients. An amended malpractice suit filed last week by…
Aug 3, 2011 11:59 AM CDTDechert Hires Bank Counsel to Run New Outsourcing Practice; It’s Vivian Maese’s 1st Law Firm Job
The Disrupter: David Perla, Pangea3
The Rise of the Non-Firm Firms
Legal Rebels 2011: Big Change in BigLaw
Business Management Strategies Can Be Applied in Law Practice—Document Review, for Instance
Blawg Review #314: LawLawpalooza 2011
Malpractice Suit Targets Quality of BigLaw’s Temporary Lawyers
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