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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
It'll go even farther; just wait. A friend of mine who works in the legal profession told me that his law firm is testing out not assigning secretaries to the lower level lawyers; instead, they will email documents and things they need done to a floor of people they will never actually interact with. He thinks they'll eventually look to ship that sort of job overseas, too, or to a state with much lower wages.
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That actually has a lot to do with the fact that young lawyers have typing and computer skills. Dictation, in the law firm setting, is becoming more scarce.