In an industry that has seen plenty of redundancies recently, and as a result has one of the largest pools of good-value junior manpower on the market, it is surprising how many top law firms are looking to outsource junior-level work to lawyers overseas. And it is not just the decision to ignore all the idle talent that I find odd. What has happened to firms’ desires to train up their junior members to ensure they have knowledge of fundamental tasks such as document review and due diligence?
Yes, we’ve all moaned when faced with the task of a 100-folder data room, but in order to develop as an associate solicitor we have to know how to do the basics well. We also have to know how these tasks work in order to effectively monitor and supervise.
