Jaguar is now Tata Jaguar. Hutch is now Vodafone. MTN may soon be Bharti MTN. Lexygen opens an office in Singapore. Clutch Group retains the number one spot in the Black Book of Outsourcing. The LSAT is introduced in India..India Inc. is booming and the Indian legal industry is riding the crest of the wave. The improving post-recession economy has seen large law firms split and smaller boutique firms merge with larger full-service firms. Most of the older law firms are family-run entities that are being forced to open up the higher echelons to outsiders. At the same time, lockstep is still largely a foreign concept, the rules on advertising are restrictive and typing pools still make brisk business outside courts..The Bar Council of India’s stringent rules on advertising of legal services means that the Indian lawyer is not playing on a level field with lawyers from other countries. In the absence of a comprehensive list of legal professionals, or public disclosure norms, most small firms fade into obscurity. Despite a relaxation in the rules for internet advertising, most Indian law firms do not have a website. Statistics indicate that internet use in India is on the rise, and it is time Indian lawyers make use of the enormous reach provided by the World Wide Web..There are a million lawyers in India with a million different voices and different avenues of interest. Whether one works in an LPO, or in the Courts; whether one is an associate at a firm or a professor of law; whether one studies at a law university or works as a judicial officer, or at an not-for-profit organization, every person associated with the law has a view, a voice, an opinion..We provide that platform..Welcome to Bar & Bench.
Jaguar is now Tata Jaguar. Hutch is now Vodafone. MTN may soon be Bharti MTN. Lexygen opens an office in Singapore. Clutch Group retains the number one spot in the Black Book of Outsourcing. The LSAT is introduced in India..India Inc. is booming and the Indian legal industry is riding the crest of the wave. The improving post-recession economy has seen large law firms split and smaller boutique firms merge with larger full-service firms. Most of the older law firms are family-run entities that are being forced to open up the higher echelons to outsiders. At the same time, lockstep is still largely a foreign concept, the rules on advertising are restrictive and typing pools still make brisk business outside courts..The Bar Council of India’s stringent rules on advertising of legal services means that the Indian lawyer is not playing on a level field with lawyers from other countries. In the absence of a comprehensive list of legal professionals, or public disclosure norms, most small firms fade into obscurity. Despite a relaxation in the rules for internet advertising, most Indian law firms do not have a website. Statistics indicate that internet use in India is on the rise, and it is time Indian lawyers make use of the enormous reach provided by the World Wide Web..There are a million lawyers in India with a million different voices and different avenues of interest. Whether one works in an LPO, or in the Courts; whether one is an associate at a firm or a professor of law; whether one studies at a law university or works as a judicial officer, or at an not-for-profit organization, every person associated with the law has a view, a voice, an opinion..We provide that platform..Welcome to Bar & Bench.