Legal Project Management: Thoughts, tips, and discoveries related to the management of legal projects.

LPM versus Process Improvement

By Paul C. Easton on June 17, 2012 4:50 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
Toby Brown once again raises the question of whether law firms are better off putting their efforts into process-improvement, rather than project management. Over the past few years, Toby has written a number of posts for 3 Geeks and a Law...

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LawVision Group Offers Legal-Project Management Certificate

By Paul C. Easton on June 15, 2012 7:24 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
The LawVision Group, known for its LPM workshops and roundtables, is now offering on-line courses in legal project management for which lawyers can earn CLE credits and certificates.Those taking a single course will receive a certificate of completion, while those...

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PMI Adds a Category for "Legal" on its Knowledge Shelf

By Paul C. Easton on June 12, 2012 4:47 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
One of the great benefits of membership in the Project Management Institute is its Knowledge Shelf, a large and growing repository of research papers, white papers, and articles on various project-management topics. Last week, they added a new sub-category for "Legal" to...

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How Project Management Adds Value To E-Discovery | The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

By Paul C. Easton on June 12, 2012 3:37 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
In a recent article for the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Kelli Clark discusses how project management adds value to electronic discovery. The key to successfully managing your e-discovery project, she argues, is implementing and following a solid project-management process. In the...

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ABA Presents "Mastering the Move to Legal Project Management"

By Paul C. Easton on April 4, 2012 6:25 PM | Comments | No TrackBacks
On April 16h, the American Bar Association will host a webinar introducing legal-project management.Title: "Mastering the Move to Legal Project Management" Format/Location: On-line webinar.Cost: Free to ABA members. ABA membership required.Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of PracticeDescription:Legal project management (LPM) is gaining widespread momentum...

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The Implication of Market Trends for Legal-Project Management in the United Kingdom

By Paul C. Easton on March 20, 2012 5:18 PM | Comments | No TrackBacks
This is a guest post by Antony Smith, a solicitor by training with qualifications and experience in project management. He is the owner of Legal Project Management Limited, and offers legal-project management services to legal-service providers in the U.K. He also writes...

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LPM in Spain: An Interview with Anna Marra

By Paul C. Easton on February 22, 2012 5:00 AM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
I first got to know about Anna Marra and her efforts to promote LPM in Spain through the PMI Legal Project Management group on LinkedIn, where she discussed the book on LPM that she is working on and her...

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The "Other" Legal Project Management Group on LinkedIn

By Paul C. Easton on January 19, 2012 11:58 PM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
Patrick DiDomenico, Director of Knowledge Management at Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, has launched a new group on LinkedIn "for all those interested in legal project management." As many readers know, I created LinkedIn group on the same topic a...

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PMI Presents "7 Deadliest Sins of Communicating with Lawyers"

By Paul C. Easton on January 19, 2012 6:49 PM | Comments | No TrackBacks
On February 9th, the Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice will host a webinar on how to avoid common mistakes when communicating to influence lawyers, presented by  Skip Weisman, owner of Weisman Success Resources, Inc. Title: "7...

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Austin Ventures Invests Over Four Million in LPM Software Developer Onit

By Paul C. Easton on January 18, 2012 3:39 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
In a press release posted to its website, Onit has announced that it has raised  USD 4.1 million in Series B funding led by Austin Ventures. Onit was one of the first companies to develop project and process improvement applications...

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