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John Hanson, Lauren Robel, And Maulvi Wahab (Photograph) Jan 2007

John Hanson, Lauren Robel, And Maulvi Wahab (Photograph)

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

Maulvi Wahab, Ameer or leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Ghana, visited IUB in late June as one of several distinguished international visitors invited to attend the Indiana Democracy Consortium's congress Democracy and the Modern World: Prospects and Challenges organized by Bennett Bertenthal, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Astrid Merget, then dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and Lauren Robel, dean of the School of Law-Bloomington. The congress was convened by Jeff Isaac, chair of political science. The Ameer, who has served on the presidentially appointed Ghanaian National Recon ciliation Commission, visited his …


Flattening The World Of Legal Services? The Ethical And Liability Minefields Of Offshoring Legal And Law-Related Services, Carole Silver, Mary C. Daly Jan 2007

Flattening The World Of Legal Services? The Ethical And Liability Minefields Of Offshoring Legal And Law-Related Services, Carole Silver, Mary C. Daly

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This article examines offshore outsourcing of legal and law-related services as the newest twist in the international market for legal services. We consider the impact of offshore outsourcing on the profession generally and analyze the ethical issues raised by offshore outsourcing, both as it exists today and as the practice may develop in the future. The article begins by situating offshore outsourcing in the framework of relationships created in the context of delivery of legal services. This framework is used, in turn, to construct a structure of analysis for the ethical implications of offshore outsourcing. Lawyers who outsource to offshore …