Deja Q
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:03 PM
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As I fathomed a long time ago, the legal industry is being offshored |
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http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070102/APC03/701020542/1888/APCbusinessThe practice already has begun. And Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont Co. is recognized as a pioneer in the growing trend. Other corporations like Oracle, Cisco and General Electric also are trimming their legal costs as well.
The legal offshoring industry is estimated to be about $60 million to $80 million today — tiny in comparison with the estimated $225 billion U.S. legal industry — but has the potential to grow to $4.7 billion by 2012 in India alone, according to a report by Crisil Research and Information Services.
The cost of working with lawyers in India averages $50 to $70 an hour, compared with an American lawyer with equivalent experience who would be paid $200 or more.
An Indian lawyer working as a temp would cost $20 an hour or less, whereas one in this country would cost up to $70 an hour.
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:06 PM
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1. Law & computing jobs are exported, engineers & teachers are imported... |
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I am not an isolationist by any means, but it is time to stand up to the multi-nationals and end this crap.
Everyone who believes that the stock market is an index of our economic health ought to realize with this that it is exactly opposite -- stocks rise higher when labor is abused. And guess what lawyers & engineers? YOU ARE LABOR!
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Deja Q
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:08 PM
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2. Imported as real Americans, or as "guest workers"? |
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:15 PM
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4. Guest workers, I believe. |
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And as for importing them as real Americans - the number of job openings in each field should be a litmus test for the number new immigrants allowed to become citizens. There is no shortage of American engineers -- there is a just a shortage who will work for crappy wages.
After the theft of the 2004 election I filled out the online test to see if I could emigrate to Canada and my degree - level and type - played a role in my score. It is harder than heck to emigrate to Canada and, as a result, the number of people and number of jobs are kept in balance.
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:29 PM
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9. Canada knows how to govern themselves... |
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The US has a bizarre stance regarding jobs, immigration, emigration, and that includes jobs as well as people.
And you're right; because the pay is shite and corporate america refuses to be bothered to match the cost of living to go with the wages (unlike China where gas is about 1/4th that of the US price...), people will not take them. Understandably so.
With globalization, it has to be equal in all things or it is not going to work.
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:10 PM
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This is just absolutely crazy...
We're importing teachers and nurses as well. And just when I was planning to take the LSAT, too.
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Wed Jan-03-07 09:12 AM
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:21 PM
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5. It's mighty hard to feel sorry for lawyers. |
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"Lawyers are like other people--fools on the average; but it is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." - Mark Twain
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:25 PM
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6. well now, that should get some important attention. eom |
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:26 PM
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7. Well you have to be a member of the Bar in the state where you work, unless they just plan to use |
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the Indian lawyers as "scutmonkeys" doing work for the American lawyers who are members of the Bar...
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:33 PM
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11. Or until they change that law... |
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Hey, they want to make it legal for immigrants to run this country (ala Governor Groper, Arnold Schwarzenegger)... :D
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:28 PM
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8. will the last American to leave please turn out the light? n/t |
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Tue Jan-02-07 08:31 PM
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10. The 300 million of us here are working in the dark. |
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We don't know why it's happening or what the end result is going to be. All we know is, it's happening... and in some ways it is a wake-up call for those who became stagnant in one field. That's how I look at it; I did become stagnant in my field and it's time to find a new passion in life.
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Wed Jan-03-07 09:43 AM
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13. The opportunities for corp. espionage are MASSIVE! |
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Offshoring your legal work means offshoring your documents. How deep are the contractors conflicts-checks? LOL! How much bribe money does it cost for a 20 dollar employee to flip some documents?
Any Corp.Counsel who'd DREAM of doing this should expect no less than a disaster.
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