LawScribe, Inc. Announced Today that its Seminar, Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO): Ethical Considerations, had been Approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Ethics Credit by the State Bar of California.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- LawScribe, Inc., based in Los Angeles, with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Gurgaon, India, announced today that the State Bar of California had approved its legal outsourcing ethics presentation for MCLE MCLE Minimum Continuing Legal Education MCLE Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education MCLE Mandatory Continuing Legal Education MCLE Minnesota Continuing Legal Education MCLE Manitoba Council for Leadership in Education (Canada) ethics credit. The seminar, soon to be offered to law firms, corporate counsel and legal departments nationwide, covers the ethical, liability and security risks associated with the outsourcing of both non-core and higher-value legal work overseas. LawScribe's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President, Kunoor Chopra, explained how the seminar had come to fruition. "We have always taken great care to ensure that our Indian attorneys are not engaged in the unauthorized practice The performance of professional services, such as the rendering of medical treatment or legal assistance, by a person who is not licensed by the state to do so. The unauthorized practice of a profession is prohibited by state laws. of law and that our law firm and in-house counsel clients are fully aware of the supervisory responsibilities incumbent upon them in any offshore legal outsourcing relationship. This course is based on the domain expertise that we have built up over the last 4 years and the best practices that the leading legal process outsourcing Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is the industry in which in-house legal departments or organisations outsource legal work from areas where it is costly to perform, such as the United States or Europe to areas where it can be performed at a significantly decreased cost, primarily companies, including LawScribe, currently have in place," she said. The seminar also considers issues relating to potential conflicts of interest, the security and privacy risks associated with offshore legal outsourcing and how the outsourced work should be billed. Mark Ross, U.K. attorney and LawScribe Director, added, "I believe that LawScribe is one of the first LPOs in the marketplace, if not the only, to receive such certification by any of the State Bar associations. This is further evidence of our ongoing commitment to raising standards within the legal process outsourcing industry." LawScribe will be hosting both web-based and in-person seminars. Those wishing to attend either, or simply to receive a more detailed seminar outline, should email Mark Ross at mross@law-scribe.com About LawScribe, Inc: Founded in 2004, LawScribe, Inc. is one of the world's leading Legal Process Outsourcing companies offering innovative, offshore legal support to law firms, corporate legal departments and legal organizations. Kunoor Chopra, a practicing attorney, formerly of Fulbright and Jaworski, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol is the founder and CEO of the company. |
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