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Part - II

• File organization

• Litigation preparation

• Database input for document management

• Work with experts in preparation and retrieval of reference materials

• Deposition summaries

• Interviewing of witnesses and clients to gather background information

• Verification of information given by clients and/or witnesses

• Investigation of factual matters

• Draft discovery requests and responses

• Preparation of trial notebooks

• Chronologies of events

• Organization and review of voluminous document production

• Copy and deliver records

• Drafting and negotiating contracts

• Conducting special reviews

• Advising boards and senior management on legal and reputational risks

• Serving as outside general counsel

• And many more research works to do

Almost all the preparatory work and back office works of lawyers can be really outsourced to reliable hands and done at lower costs with quality maintenance.

English Law Genesis of Indian Law

English legal concepts slowly and gradually assimilated into fabric of Indian Law. Even today our legal system continues to draw its sustenance from common law doctrines and Indian legislations draw heavily from English ones. Such being the background it does not take much for a lawyer to switch over from Indian system to English system. Today outsourcing is the buzzword. According to a recent press release, UK lawyers have shifted considerable legal records jobs to India. Day is not far when chunk of paralegal services for England will be outsourced to India largely because both the legal systems are similar.

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* Contributed by -
Maushami Dasgupta,
LLB, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
Currently working as Senior Exec.-Legal with a subsidiary of Escorts Finance Ltd.
www.indialegal.net