{"id":107660,"date":"2025-02-04T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/04\/helping-hands-the-value-proposition-of-remote-work-for-law-firms\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T23:02:37","slug":"helping-hands-the-value-proposition-of-remote-work-for-law-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/04\/helping-hands-the-value-proposition-of-remote-work-for-law-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Hands: The Value Proposition Of Remote Work For Law Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/laptop-6062423_1280-1024x682.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1149526\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After long years of looking askance at remote workers, the pandemic forced law firm managers to reconsider that stance.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Now, contractors (including virtual and offshore staff) are just as common in the legal environment as anywhere else in the modern economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We brought an expert in the space onto the Non-Eventcast podcast \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bretttrembly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brett Trembly<\/a>, the co-founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/getstaffedup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GetStaffedUp<\/a> \u2014 to talk over how lawyers can make the right choices about bringing on remote staff.<\/p>\n<p>We begin by asking Brett about his founder\u2019s story \u2014 how GetStaffedUp came to be (11:24) \u2014 which included some additional anecdotes about Brett\u2019s life as a practicing lawyer (8:47).\u00a0Of course, we had to cover the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on how we got here (14:47).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next, we talk about the difference between hiring U.S.-based talent versus offshoring (17:24), before covering some of the technology concerns that exist for remote staff (21:15), including the value of cloud-based software for these arrangements (24:45).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, we also addressed the impact of AI on the staffing world (26:18). Finally, Brett talked over the pricing associated with remote staffing (28:01), before winding up on a positive note, covering the impact that offshore staffing has on the local communities where staffers live (29:54).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been thinking of adding offshore, virtual staff, but can\u2019t seem to pull the trigger: We\u2019ve got everything you need to know to help you to make a decision.\u00a0It\u2019s all in this episode of the Non-Eventcast podcast.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jaredcorreia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jared Correia<\/a>, a consultant and legal technology expert, is the host of the Non-Eventcast, the featured podcast of the Above the Law Non-Event for Tech-Perplexed Lawyers<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/02\/helping-hands-the-value-proposition-of-remote-work-for-law-firms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helping Hands: The Value Proposition Of Remote Work For Law Firms<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/laptop-6062423_1280-1024x682.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1149526\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After long years of looking askance at remote workers, the pandemic forced law firm managers to reconsider that stance.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Now, contractors (including virtual and offshore staff) are just as common in the legal environment as anywhere else in the modern economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We brought an expert in the space onto the Non-Eventcast podcast \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bretttrembly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brett Trembly<\/a>, the co-founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/getstaffedup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GetStaffedUp<\/a> \u2014 to talk over how lawyers can make the right choices about bringing on remote staff.<\/p>\n<p>We begin by asking Brett about his founder\u2019s story \u2014 how GetStaffedUp came to be (11:24) \u2014 which included some additional anecdotes about Brett\u2019s life as a practicing lawyer (8:47).\u00a0Of course, we had to cover the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on how we got here (14:47).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next, we talk about the difference between hiring U.S.-based talent versus offshoring (17:24), before covering some of the technology concerns that exist for remote staff (21:15), including the value of cloud-based software for these arrangements (24:45).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, we also addressed the impact of AI on the staffing world (26:18). 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