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Despite the recession, demand for litigation-support talent, especially for e-discovery project managers, continues to grow. This blog frequently covers this job market and so I was interested to learn that David Netzer, founder of LitigationSupportCareers.com, has published a book through the Organization of Legal Professionals (of which he is an Advisory Council Member). The book is titled How to Land a Great Job in Litigation Support: An OLP Quick Guide and is billed as "an informative guide geared towards those who seek employment in the exploding market of Litigation Support",[1] "useful to people at all stages of their career from recent...

The increasing importance of project-management skills to legal and legal-support careers is a common theme on this blog.[1] I was happy, therefore, to see this observation corroborated in Jerry Kowalski's new report for Managing Partner magazine, Navigating the Perfect Storm: Recruiting, Training and Retaining Lawyers.[2] The report, which serves as a law-firm-HR guide for the "Great Recession," includes project-management among the competencies law firms must acquire in the new economy. Jerry Kowalski is the principle and founder of Kowalski & Associates, a law-firm-management consultancy. Mr. Kowalski was gracious enough to share his thoughts on the lessons learned from the global recession,...

I spent some time today reading through the Organization of Legal Professionals's (OLP) recently published Thought Leader's Guide to Electronic Discovery, a collection of 15 short articles covering "areas of concern litigators encounter frequently in pretrial discovery and presents suggestions and strategies for solving some of these problems." It seeks to further the OLP's goal of providing "formal education for the experienced legal professional in eDiscovery."[1] It also includes a directory of organizations and blogs dedicated to e-discovery and information about OLP's on-line e-discovery courses.  Author: The Organization of Legal Professionals Title: The OLP's Thought Leaders Guide to E-Discovery Publisher: The Organization...

Legal-project management has been getting a lot of press as the sluggish economy continues to create demand for more efficient legal services and predictable legal costs. Law firms are getting the message that to compete in this environment, they need to employ project-management best practices. The challenge is that lawyers typically do not receive project-management training. Demand is increasing for material targeted at the "accidental" legal-project manager who doesn't have the time or budget for extensive, formal project-management training. Jim Hassett's new Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide ("Guide") addresses this need. Author: Jim Hassett Title: Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide:...