Even if the Philippines has weak management
skills, a characteristic of a Tier 3 country, most LPOs are captive management entities
(Western partners manages it). Further, the outsourcing lawyer must exercise
direct supervision over the LPO.[1]
Moreover, due to the high educational attainment in the Philippines couples
with a U.K. and U.S. English-Speaking legislative, executive and judiciary
system, and the Philippines is a Tier 1 country as to legal process offshoring.
[1] See ABA Committee on Ethics and Professional
Responsibility Formal Opinion 08-451 (2008); Ethics of Legal Outsourcing White Paper
By Mark Ross, Published on February 14, 2010; The Ethics Of Legal Outsourcing,
Steven C. Bennett; San Diego County Bar Association, Ethics Opinion 2007-1;
Supreme Court of Ohio, Board Of Commissioners On Grievances And Discipline;
North Carolina, 2007 Formal Ethics Opinion 12; Informational Packet
Outsourcing Paralegal Work, The Florida Bar Ethics Department; The Association Of
The Bar Of The City Of New York Committee On Professional And Judicial Ethics
Formal Opinion 2006-3; American Bar Association Model Rules Of
Professional Conduct http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html; American Bar
Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html; Pollak, Darya.
"I'm Calling My Lawyer...in India!: Ethical Issues in International Legal
Outsourcing." UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 11
UCLA J. Int'l L. & Foreign Aff.99 (2006); Offshore Legal Outsourcing: the
Ethical Implications. (Mark Ross MCLE Course handout) Glendale, CA: LawScribe,
Inc, 2007; ABA Formal Opinion 00-420 Surcharge to Client for Use of a Contract
Lawyer http://www.abanet.org/cpr/pubs/issue_index.html; Rules 1-4,
Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007.
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