Happy Birthday LPM!

 

[T]o publish information on project management that is targeted to lawyers, paralegals, and litigation support professionals. My goal is that the opinions, tips, and links shared on this blog will help generate much-needed discussion on the role of project management in law firms, corporate legal departments, and the vendors who service them.^[1]

My impetus for starting this blog was the lack of useful information for those of us responsible for managing legal projects:

    

There is very little information on project management that is targeted to lawyers, paralegals, and litigation support professionals. The legal industry is conspicuous in its absence from most research, writing, and discussion related to project management. The Project Management Institute doesn't have a specific interest group for law or litigation. Similarly, while the ABA and other bar organization may have practice management sections, most lawyers have little to no training in project management.^[2]

How much has changed in a single year! When I first started this blog, I could go a few weeks without coming across anything of substance about legal project management. Now hardly a day goes by that I don't come across a new article, blog post, or event that addresses the topic. There are are now several blogs and a book dedicated to the subject. There are CLE courses on legal project management and a new PMI Community of Practice dedicated to Legal Project Management is being set up. 

We've come along way in a year, I can't wait to see what the next year brings!

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