LPO
Law & Legal abbreviation · Legal Profession
| Stands for | Legal process outsourcing |
|---|---|
| Categories | Law & Legal |
LPO stands for Legal process outsourcing, a legal profession abbreviation.
Practice of contracting out legal support work, such as document review, contract management, legal research and due diligence, to specialized providers, often in lower-cost locations such as India or the Philippines. Law firms and corporate legal departments use it to cut costs.
Example: The company's legal team sent 50,000 supplier contracts to an LPO provider for clause extraction.
Usage notes
Lawyers who outsource remain responsible for supervising the work and protecting confidentiality under ABA Model Rules 5.1, 5.3 and 1.6, and ABA Formal Opinion 08-451 addresses outsourcing specifically. The industry is increasingly grouped with alternative legal service providers and reshaped by AI tools.
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