Outsourcing Legal

I’m taking a Business Law class right now at Haas and its…interesting. The Professor is excellent (a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California), but from the content and the book and many other sources its obvious that “the law” in general is very wishy-washy and there are no “Bright Lines” (his quotes).

There’s a hell of a lot of material though, and a lot of work done, at very high expense, and so when walking to dinner the other night I had what may be an interesting idea, outsourcing Legal work (likely to India). Makes sense, highly highly educated people, strong English skills, round-the-clock timezone support, and good IP protection. So good of an idea that it appears its already happening (here, here), but Google results are somewhat limited, so I would guess that its probably not as wide-spread as the full market might support. Not surprising, seeing as the legal profession is one of the most rabid defenders of its own structure, from political lobbying to personnel management.