Strange but True: Lawyers are now being outsourced to India.

[markw]

"NOIDA, India — As an assistant attorney general for New York State, Christopher Wheeler used to spend most of his time arguing in courtrooms in New York City.

Christopher Wheeler met last month with some of the lawyers he supervises at a legal outsourcing firm in Noida, India.

Christopher Wheeler, a former assistant attorney general for New York State, met with his staff at Pangea3, a legal outsourcing firm, in Noida, India.

Today, he works in a sprawling, unfinished planned suburb of New Delhi, where office buildings are sprouting from empty lots and dirt roads are fringed with fresh juice stalls and construction rubble. At Pangea3, a legal outsourcing firm, Mr. Wheeler manages a team of 110 Indian lawyers who do the grunt work traditionally assigned to young lawyers in the United States — at a fraction of the cost."

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[j_garcia]

Will that at least make it easier to sue in India for all the IP breaches?

 

[T2T]

Lawyer by day ... tech support specialist by night.

 

[Jed M]

Since we outsource our politicians to corporations and lobbyists, this outsourcing of any and all jobs is just a sign of the times. Although it does remind me of the classic joke:

What do you call 1000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean?








A good start.

 

[Ares]

Great just what the world needs more lawyers.

 

[Nugu]

Imagine trying to consult with one over the phone. Now you will have two reasons you can't understand what the they're saying.

 

[lsiberian]

India is conquering the US by taking all of our jobs. Honestly I'd not mind being outsourced to India, better food, better sense of community, better schools, and now more jobs. Maybe I should start a speaker company over there to get all the lawyers some decent sound.

 

[Chu Gai]

In the articles, just what is "grunt work traditionally assigned to young lawyers in the United States." and what do the lawyers in the US expect to be paid for this?

 

[Rickster71]

Back in my years at the worlds biggest telecom company,(big whoop) I've had many conversations with supervisors and Project managers about the reasons for outsourcing work to India, and workers from India. (or other countries)
The two biggest reasons were #1. Financial, and #2 was to combat Grade Inflation.

With the dawning of the age in America where almost anyone & everyone got accepted into college regardless of I.Q., thanks to lowered standards. (Unfortunately similar to the lowering of mortgage standards forced by Congress and the recent debacle)

It's just a simple fact, as all people aren't cut out for the responsibilities of a mortgage and home ownership; likewise all are not intellectually cut out to succeed in college. (unless standards are lowered)

In a nutshell, with money being the first and biggest component; the ability to outsource and get a worker that truly got a 4,0 GPA and not a 3.0 trumped up to a 4.0 was simply icing on the cake.

Search 'Grade Inflation' for more info:
Here's one: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/college-inc/2010/07/grade_inflation_is_making_stud.html

 

[lsiberian]

Back in my years at the worlds biggest telecom company,(big whoop) I've had many conversations with supervisors and Project managers about the reasons for outsourcing work to India, and workers from India. (or other countries)
The two biggest reasons were #1. Financial, and #2 was to combat Grade Inflation.

With the dawning of the age in America where almost anyone & everyone got accepted into college regardless of I.Q., thanks to lowered standards. (Unfortunately similar to the lowering of mortgage standards forced by Congress and the recent debacle)

It's just a simple fact, as all people aren't cut out for the responsibilities of a mortgage and home ownership; likewise all are not intellectually cut out to succeed in college. (unless standards are lowered)

In a nutshell, with money being the first and biggest component; the ability to outsource and get a worker that truly got a 4,0 GPA and not a 3.0 trumped up to a 4.0 was simply icing on the cake.

Search 'Grade Inflation' for more info:
Here's one: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/college-inc/2010/07/grade_inflation_is_making_stud.html

Some places don't give easy As. Getting a 3.0 in our engineering program was an accomplishment.

 

[yepimonfire]

seriously? this is effing stupid.

 

[j_garcia]

A buddy of mine went to college both in India and here and he said standards were much tougher there. Oddly, a friend went to school in Russia and here and said standards were tougher here.

 

[gmichael]

I’m going to outsource all my listening. I don’t have time for all this music. From now on, send all my music to India. They will listen to it for me and report back on how much I enjoyed it.

 

[j_garcia]

I'd like to outsource the USEFUL stuff, like the night in jail part of getting *really* drunk AND the 2 day hangover.

How about I take my sick time off and outsource the being sick part?

Part of my job is techincal phone support. They haven't outsourced me yet...