Every time I speak to a lawyer, including my husband, about the possibility of outsourcing the Legal back office, the first reaction I get is that they can’t live without their assistants. Who would do the filing? Who would call the client to arrange appointments?
We’re not talking about replacing the Legal Assistant. We’re talking about complimenting him/ her. Pushing the different tasks down the office totem pole is the best way to maximize returns. Depending on the size of the practice, there’s different ways to do so:
Having seen my brother-in-law and several of my husband’s friends set up their solo legal practices in various area of law, one thing is for certain. They start up just like any other start up out there. They are short of cash and cannot afford an assistant, but will admit that the first thing would do once they could afford one is to hire one. Which means that they do require someone to do what an assistant would otherwise do. Type up their dictation, update edits in their documents, file their papers, set up appointments with clients, etc. require all and having set up a business myself. Do not have the need for a full-time legal secretary, but still have correspondence that needs to be typed?
Outsource the simple and time consuming task of dictation to the experts @ eDecree.
Assuming 1 assistant per lawyer, output is limited by the bandwidth of your assistant
- Limiting the number of files you can handle
- Resulting in multiple day waits for your letters to be transcribed causing delays
Why hire an additional assistant? Reduce costs by dividing the type of tasks that need to be done. The assistant performs tasks which require onsite support, while outsourcing repetitive tasks such as transcription to the experts @ eDecreeBy outsourcing your dictation, you free up considerable time for your legal assistant to take care of higher priority tasks such as scheduling and file management.
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