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There's no reason a lawyer in India couldn't learn US law. He probably wouldn't even start very far behind US citizen. The real problem is that he can't set f

• deleo 15y ago
  Yeah right, even a German lawyer could learn US law, except he wouldn't even be able to call himself a lawyer in US, cause even without the visa he couldn't practice the profession.
• arethuza 15y ago
  Where I am lawyers have to do two years of supervised training in an existing law firm on top of a degree and a postgraduate qualification. You might be able to do that remotely - but it would be pretty difficult to do some things (e.g. how do you attend court?).
• pessimizer 15y ago
  There's an amount of legal work currently outsourced to India - things that can be legally outsourced, that is. Currently, the class of things that can be legally outsourced is small (research + writing + document review.) random google survey: http://www.pangea3.com/ http://www.pangea3.com/ http://sqglobalsolutions.com/ http://sqglobalsolutions.com/ http://www.sunlexis.com/ http://www.sunlexis.com/ http://legal-process-outsourcing.com/ http://legal-process-outsourcing.com/ http://www.legaleasesolutions.com/ http://www.legaleasesolutions.com/ Here's a list last updated in 2008: http://www.prismlegal.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=88&Itemid=70 http://www.prismlegal.com/index.php?option=content&task=... To me, this is indication that there's a flood being held back by legislation.
• crdoconnor 15y ago
  No, the main problem is that he needs a license to practise US law. The most you can get him to do is review or draft documents.