Changing Roles and Increasing Importance of Legal Support Staff

Paralegals, legal assistants and legal secretaries are collectively known as legal support staff in law firms. They work very closely despite of having different roles and job responsibilities. Majority of the tasks performed by paralegals and legal assistants are billed to the clients by law firms whereas legal secretaries perform secretarial tasks which are not billable. In past, technological advancement has greatly affected the roles of legal support staff in law firms. Work efficiencies are improved which made law firms reduce the support staff. They shifted their focus to improve the attorney-paralegal/assistant ratio. Remaining support staff who used to assist one or two attorneys before, started assisting more and secretaries were involved in billable tasks thus improving the overall attorney-support staff ratio of the firm.

These support staff work directly with attorneys on a given case. They know ins and outs of the case. Attorneys look up to them for any case related update before client meetings. Still they perform number of tasks which can be managed by or outsourced to a specialized legal support company. Many of the law firms are working with companies like Draft n Craft which provide variety of legal support services to law firms. Now support staff do not get involved in researching and finding cases on Westlaw andLexisNexis, preparing case summaries, indexing thousands of discovery documents, preparing spreadsheets, summarizing depositions and drafting of various legal documents. They just coordinate with the legal team of Draft n Craft and supervise their work. This arrangement allows them to free up their time and focus on more substantive tasks. At the same time law firms enjoy a great deal of cost savings and improved overall efficiency that bring more satisfaction for clients.

Established in 2008, Draft n Craft has been in existence for more than 8 years and earned a reputation of being a quality provider of legal support to US law firms, In house legal departments and other legal vendors. Not only this, but the company keeps on spreading awareness about legal outsourcing and its benefits by organizing legal conferences and seminars at regular intervals.

For more information about services, turnaround time and rates, visit www.draftncraft.com or send an email at connect@draftncraft.com

A Festival Blast for attorneys

To begin the festive season, Draft n Craft announces the Festival Blast – with special offers on all its services throughout the festive season from October 25, 2011 to January 15, 2012.

This festival offer comes at a time when most attorneys in the United Kingdom and United States are getting ready for the festive season to kick off. This time of the year comes with a package deal of excess workload and backlogs. With the limited number of working days and less staff, it is a tedious task for the attorneys to keep things organized.

A legal process outsourcing company established in 2008, Draft n Craft has been always given its bit to the legal industry. “After having received appreciation by many attorneys for the help provided by us during the festival period last year, we felt the need to continue with the tradition we started and go all out to join hands with attorneys to help them enjoy to the fullest the festive season without having to worry about the work”, said Rakesh K Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of Draft n Craft. The festival offer will be full of special offers and discounted pricing on all the services being offered by Draft n Craft. It is estimated that on particular days the offers will be unimaginable.

By offering high quality legal and paralegal services to law firms and corporates in US and UK, LPO companies in India have stood by the law firms to ease the burden of monotonous and repetitive work. Be it services like Document Review, preparing Deposition Summaries, reviewing contracts, Legal Transcription or even paralegal services, LPO companies such as Draft n Craft have joined shoulders with their clients by working efficiently and cost effectively. Infact, Draft n Craft is going a step further by offering special discounts during the festival season to enjoy the festivity to its peak.

About Draft n Craft

Established in 2008, Draft n Craft is a cut to the chase Legal Process Outsourcing Company with strong and dedicated work force of professionals. Having established a brilliant track record, Draft n Craft has been partners of growth to many of the law firms and corporations in the UK and US. Draft n Craft’s supreme focus has always been on helping lawyers deliver the best value to their clients by working on process and technology optimization, and by devising ways to rationalize client’s operational spending.