Het zat eraan te komen, schrijft website Above the Law: Indiase Legal Proces Outsourcing-bedrijven die net afgestudeerde studenten gaan werven in de Verenigde Staten. Oorzaak: de uitermate slechte situatie op de juridische arbeidsmarkt in de VS. De eerste Indiase job is te vinden op de website van de University of Michigan Law School, kwalitatief de negende rechtenfaculteit van het land.
Adverteerder is Pangea3, één van de grootste LPO’s op de markt van juridische dienstverlening. Het betreft de positie van associate op de afdeling litigation. De functieomschrijving luidt als volgt:
“Pangea3 is looking for a recent law school graduate who’s looking for an alternative to the law firm route. The position will offer a U.S. attorney the opportunity to gain a global perspective on the legal services industry by joining a cutting-edge, dynamic, and fast-growing industry in an exciting, rapidly changing part of the world…
The Associate will be based in our state-of-the- art, ISO-certified facility in Mumbai, India. Candidate Profile: Recent Law graduates; Remuneration: Compensation includes competitive benefits and bonus.”
Above the law laat de Bull Shit Translator los op de tekst, met het volgende resultaat:
“Pangea3 is looking for a member of the Lost Generation who has been shut out of the U.S. legal market and has lost the will to live. The position will offer a U.S. attorney an opportunity to flee their country in a last ditch attempt to avoid paying back the money they owe to their government. All the entry-level jobs will be here in the future anyway, so you might as well get in on the ground floor.
The position is based out of Mumbai, India. Trust us, it’s much better than your “Wheeling, West Virginia.” We don’t need to tell you the compensation because you are desperate and your parents will believe whatever you want to tell them about foreign exchange rates and the CoL in India.”
De conclusie: “If you go to a top ten law school and end up having to go to India to find work, your law school shouldn’t just forgive all of your debts – it should forgive all your debts and furnish you with a public apology.”