Most PI firms do best with a hybrid: outsource structured record review and chronologies, keep strategy and expert opinion in-house. Models compared, ABA 08-451 duties and how to vet a provider.
What Legal Process Outsourcing Can and Can’t Move Offshore
Document review, e-discovery coding, contract abstraction, due diligence, docketing and research drafting travel offshore. Advice, strategy, court appearances and the final privilege call cannot, because the unauthorised practice of law sets the boundary. What the supervision, confidentiality, conflicts, consent and billing rules actually require, quoted from bar opinions and the Federal Rules of Evidence, plus an honest read on which parts of a paralegal’s role are exposed.