Future of Document Review: Offshore a Solution
The most recent edition of Law Practice Today contained an article that provides a great overview of the legal outsourcing space, including a sneak peek 3 - 5 years into the future.
The roundtable discussion included a leading legal outsourcing blogger Ron Friedmann of Prism Legal Consulting. One of the key observations of the group was the conclusion that the exploding demand for legal professionals to perform document review will lead to the integration of offshore legal professionals into the teams of domestic contract lawyers currently performing such tasks.
While I agree with the conclusion of the group regarding the usage of offshore resources in document review, I differ with the group on one item: the timeline. For some leading-edge law firms and corporations handling large-scale litigation, the future is now.