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The Globalization of Legal Practice in the Internet Age
- Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 14, Issue 1, Winter 2007
- pp. 29-34
- 10.2979/gls.2007.14.1.29
- Article
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The Internet's global reach has had a significant impact on the legal profession. This essay explains a few of the key developments in this area, including: competition fueled by outsourcing legal work to lower-wage earning lawyers around the world, "virtual work" changing client interaction and attorney work schedules, law firm reputation as a result of information availability on the Internet, work-product monitoring and the commoditization of legal services, and workforce diversity spurred by the influence of international clients.