tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post5709958554329918269..comments2011-08-25T02:44:00.421-07:00LawScribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06509513791952113169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post-61099007280827303032008-10-27T06:29:00.000-07:002008-10-27T06:29:00.000-07:00Great work.Ketarahttp://pasadenainsurance.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post-31688408602835872362008-06-02T01:19:00.000-07:002008-06-02T01:19:00.000-07:00NASABA is the national association of South Asian attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students, providing a national network for its members and affiliates. NASABA advocates for the legal needs and interests of the South Asian community and represents the interests of over 24 local South Asian bar associations, including local South Asian bar chapters in Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto, with a variety of attorneys practicing in solo practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non-profit organizations, law schools, and governmental agencies.Law Training Contractshttp://www.training-contract.co.uk/law-training-contract.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post-9243111686601134162007-09-06T11:06:00.000-07:002007-09-06T11:06:00.000-07:00ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TRIBUNAL<BR/>globalcommunitytribunal.com<BR/><BR/>We have launched a campaign whereby we wish to unite jurists, i.e. judges, magistrates, members of the legal professions, prosecutors, etc within a popular, global, judicial institution called the Global Community Tribunal.<BR/><BR/>The purpose of this exercise is to provide Humanity with an independent and objective institution that shall represent global justice. This institution will provide complainants in regard to alleged transgressions of International Law the recourse to put their cases forward for judicial consideration and emphatical, globally representative legal recommendations. It is foreseen that the simple explanation of the applicable principles of law, the publishing of all available evidence and the evaluation thereof as well as the fact that the final recommendations represent the legal opinion of the majority of jurists worldwide, will generate sufficient public support to enforce the implementation thereof. <BR/><BR/>As a point of departure this concept has been set in preliminary form on the website of the Global Community Tribunal. Nothing is however cast in stine. As more jurists become involved and contribute their wisdom, knowledge and ideas, the concept will be amended until it is acceptable to the majority of all our registered jurists. <BR/><BR/>For more information kindly visit globalcommunitytribunal.com<BR/><BR/>We therefore call on all jurists to register without delay and immediately become involved in the establishment of the Global Community Tribunal. <BR/><BR/>In anticipation of a close co-operation we kindly call on the news media to publicize the campaign and to invite jurists to become part of this initiative. <BR/><BR/>Mr. J. C. Grobler, administrator.<BR/>Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.J C Groblerwww.globalcommunitytribunal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post-5688074265220741872007-07-09T10:03:00.000-07:002007-07-09T10:03:00.000-07:00Aarthi and Anupam - many thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Over the next week or so I'll be posting not just a review, but an analysis of the trends reported in the updated ValueNotes report on the state of the Indian Legal Services Offshoring industry. This report demonstrates the extent of the penetration of the U.S. and U.K. legal communities already prevalent within India.<BR/><BR/>My personal belief is that whether the Indian government and the Bar Association relax the restrictions on the entry of foreign law firms is to a certain extent a moot point.<BR/><BR/>There are already 100 plus companies operating within the Legal Process Outsourcing field offering an increasingly complex array of legal services.<BR/><BR/>The foreign firms are clearly there already and exploring a variety of different operating structures. <BR/><BR/>As I mentioned in my blog there are captive arrangements with offshore legal outsourcing companies, build to operate transfer models, alliances and associations with Indian law firms, liaison offices, and corporate legal departments all providing legal services for U.S and U.K. law firms and ultimately their clients (under the correct supervision to ensure compliance with UPL restrictions).<BR/><BR/>Even if the Advocates Act was repealed tomorrow and the restrictions on entry lifted, in reality it is only the world's richest Law firms who could set up shop in India within a relatively short period of time.<BR/><BR/>My belief is that by the time the legislation actually changes the Indian legal community will already be acclimatized to the vast array of legal entities providing services to U.S and U.K. firms. The "shock" factor at this juncture will be significantly less than is anticipated right now.Mark Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059718255479402582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post-58188198012925026052007-07-09T01:03:00.000-07:002007-07-09T01:03:00.000-07:00Mark, you have correctly percieved the situation in India. However, the younger lawyers like me do want foreign firms to come in since we will get greater opprtunities with their systematic and scientic approach to work. We, like you pointed out, still work around loop holes and fire fight situations. We need the professionalism which evolved US & UK firms practice. More importantly, they will get lucrative work for us, relating to business transactions all over the globe. We are very good with reasearch skills here and are learning to draft skillfully. However, we can adopt methods and procedures of drafting from firms which have done tons of this work. Our opportunities for this kind of work is now growing. There are a lot of mergers and acquisitions taking place but a handful of firms can do a really good job.<BR/>We, young lawyers, are not afraid of the competition. We know that in courts we are indispensable since no foreigner can deal with the way parties circumvent and abuse procedures here. We have also learnt the hard way. It takes time to understand and play with it. Its not a straight forward game. So we can share work. While litigation can be the forte of the indians, the foreign law firms can work on their forte in the feild of corporate laws. Infact, our judges are picking up fast track procedures and mediation with the help of the US Justice Dept. There is enough for all of us to do and we can all mutually benefit from sharing work. I am totally impressed with China in this regard. I was in Hong Kong for a lawyers conference as a member of "Lawasia", an organisation of lawyers from Asia and Asia Pacific region. I also later visited Shanghai and beijing. I noticed that the chinese have such eagerness and determination to learn. thats why they copy products. But then they also come up with very good products themselves. This drive to learn and perform has taken them far ahead of us. They are also breaking the barrier of english very soon. I feel , our decision makers ar the Bar have vested interests and they are not concerned with development. We must not hesitate in letting competitors in especially when the world is flat. we can all grow together.Anupamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08393994797170830247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343482816444194561.post-72987934858418492452007-07-07T04:32:00.000-07:002007-07-07T04:32:00.000-07:00Mark it would also be interesting to note that the 'clientele' in India is vastly different from the US or UK scene. It is possible that the Indian govt. knows in no uncertain terms that the foreign law firms would only cater to the highly profitable corporate base and completely ignore the other sectors like domestic family law, property disputes and so on that still work on an abysmally low lawyer per hr fees. The concept simply does not exist - its a flat .001% of what the US/UK law firms would charge. And for India law has been more about it being an 'honorable' occupation to do than a 'profession'. The culture difference is often quite disappointingly ignored.aarthinoreply@blogger.com