On June 23rd, LexisNexis will present a virtual panel on the "discipline and benefits of project management" as part of its "The Business of Litigation" series.[1]
Title: The Discipline and Benefits of Project Management
Format: on-line CLE
Cost: FREE
Organizations: LexisNexis and Adam Smith, Esq.
Host: LexisNexis
Moderator: Kevin Stehr, Vice-President, LexisNexis Litigation & Research Solutions
Panelists include:
- Tom Birsic, Partner and Litigation Practice Leader, K&L Gates
- Jamie A. Brown, Director, Fennemore Craig, P.C.
- David Burt, DuPont Corporate Counsel
- Rick Rose, General Counsel, Calgon Carbon
- Other panelists to be announced
Date: June 23, 2010, 2:00pm ET
Description:
Project management is nothing more than rationally supervising the process of (a) deploying resources (b) which have associated costs (c) against tasks (d) to accomplish specified objectives. Viewed this way, disputed matters and transactions are simply types of projects, albeit sophisticated ones. Learn more about how project management can help make alternative billing models more predictable, transparent, and effective, including:
- Why your firm needs to focus on continually improving project management skills
- Developing ways to more readily provide budget updates to clients
- Ensuring that lawyers are skilled at clarifying and communicating expectations and guiding the engagement process
- Implementing processes to review performance at the end of an assignment, or sooner, if need ("Lessons Learned")
- Applying the appropriate staffing model that provides the needed skills at an acceptable value.
Credits:
TOTAL CLE: Approved for one general CLE credit.
Accreditation:
Not Listed. Contact event organizers.
[1] Lexis Nexis, The Business of Litigation, CLE Virtual Panel Series, http://lexisnexis.eventbrite.com/ (last visited June, 16, 2010); see also Adam Smith, Esq., LLC, , "The Business of Litigation:" Invitation to 3 Virtual Panel Discussions, Adam Smith, Esq., Wednesday, June 09, 2010, http://www.adamsmithesq.com/archives/2010/06/in-conjunction-with-lexisnexis-adam.html (last visited 6/16/2010).
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