Pangea3
Offshore legal outsourcing is a cutting edge, rapidly growing industry. Pangea3 industry experts offer “The Ethics of Offshoring Legal Services,” a one hour MCLE course that educates attorneys in the critical ethical issues accompanying this highly relevant legal trend. Vital ethical issues discussed include confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, and unauthorized practice of law. Emphasizing practical knowledge, the course uses ethics opinions from the American Bar Association and other bar associations in its discussion.
Accreditation
- California
- New York
- North Carolina
- Texas
Integreon
The outsourcing of legal work by a law firm or legal department to a legal outsourcing entity located offshore raises specific issues pertaining to the outsourcing lawyer’s ethical obligations to his or her client. Integreon’s Ethics of Legal Outsourcing course addresses the following key issues: unauthorized practice of law; supervisory responsibilities; the duty to act competently; the duty to disclose; conflict of interest implications and risk; client confidentiality; how to bill appropriately; offshore document review case study; and export control regulations.
The above issues are considered in the light of ABA Formal Opinion 08-451 – (Lawyer’s Obligations When Outsourcing Legal and Nonlegal Support Services) and the various bar association (Florida, San Diego, NYC, Los Angeles, North Carolina) opinions on legal outsourcing. Integreon’s course delves into the steps a U.S. lawyer should undertake when evaluating a potential LPO provider.
Accreditation
- California
- Florida
- Georgia (Pending)
- Illinois
- Minnesota (Pending)
- New York
- Pennsylvania (Pending)
- Texas
- Virginia
