After
long
years
of
looking
askance
at
remote
workers,
the
pandemic
forced
law
firm
managers
to
reconsider
that
stance.
Now,
contractors
(including
virtual
and
offshore
staff)
are
just
as
common
in
the
legal
environment
as
anywhere
else
in
the
modern
economy.
We
brought
an
expert
in
the
space
onto
the
Non-Eventcast
podcast
—
Brett
Trembly,
the
co-founder
and
CEO
of
GetStaffedUp
—
to
talk
over
how
lawyers
can
make
the
right
choices
about
bringing
on
remote
staff.
We
begin
by
asking
Brett
about
his
founder’s
story
—
how
GetStaffedUp
came
to
be
(11:24)
—
which
included
some
additional
anecdotes
about
Brett’s
life
as
a
practicing
lawyer
(8:47). Of
course,
we
had
to
cover
the
impact
of
the
Covid-19
pandemic
on
how
we
got
here
(14:47).
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).
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).
If
you’ve
been
thinking
of
adding
offshore,
virtual
staff,
but
can’t
seem
to
pull
the
trigger:
We’ve
got
everything
you
need
to
know
to
help
you
to
make
a
decision. It’s
all
in
this
episode
of
the
Non-Eventcast
podcast.
Jared
Correia,
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.