Globalization's impact on legal services: the American Bar Association weighs in

Technological developments are continuing to transform the world's economy, with few, if any, industries in the US, or elsewhere, unaffected. Globalization even has led to changes in the ways in which lawyers provide legal services, with a growing number of US lawyers and law firms now outsourc...

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Published in:Intellectual property & technology law journal 2012-08, Vol.24 (8), p.14
Main Author: Spears, Victoria Prussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attorneys
Committees
Confidentiality
Ethics
Foreign operations
Global economy
Globalization
Influence
Jurisdiction
Law firms
Legal ethics
Legal research
Multidisciplinary practices
Outsourcing
Technological change
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Summary:Technological developments are continuing to transform the world's economy, with few, if any, industries in the US, or elsewhere, unaffected. Globalization even has led to changes in the ways in which lawyers provide legal services, with a growing number of US lawyers and law firms now outsourcing work to lawyers and nonlawyers located overseas, or to lawyers based and licensed in the US and to nonlawyers in the US who are not affiliated with the outsourcing lawyers or law firms. Many process-driven legal services, including litigation support, legal research, and patent applications, are considered to be prime candidates for legal outsourcing by US lawyers and law firms because of outsource providers' technological efficiencies and the push by clients for lower fees. This article first will review Opinion 08-451. It then will discuss the proposed revisions to the Model Rules and the implications for both lawyers and clients.
ISSN:1534-3618