Offshore Outsourcing MCLE Ethics Webinar Audio Available

In my blog back in October I announced that we had become the first LPO to achieve accreditation by the State Bar of California to provide an MCLE Ethics seminar on the subject of Offshore Legal Outsourcing, the Ethical Implications. Over the course of the last two months we’ve presented this seminar to law firms small and large across Southern California.

I’ve now been involved in offshore legal outsourcing for 5 years, both as a UK solicitor and since joining LawScribe. Even though I am a true believer in and advocate of the benefits of legal outsourcing, I am also adamant that some within my industry gloss over the specific ethical requirements incumbent on U.S. and U.K. attorneys contemplating sending legal work overseas. The seminar covers the following crucial issues:

1. Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law
2. Duty to Supervise
3. Duty of Competence
4. Preserving Client Confidences and Secrets
5. Conflicts of Interest
6. How to Bill for Outsourced Legal Support
7. Export Control Regulation Requirements

For the first time on 1/29/08 I presented our MCLE ethics course as a webinar. For those of you who are interested in hearing the audio of the webinar, or viewing the slides, I’ve now uploaded these to my blog. If you scroll down the right hand side of the page you’ll find the links. If any readers are interested in having this seminar provided in person at your firms please don’t hesitate to contact me.