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Today is International Project Management Day. IPM Day was started by Frank P. Saladis, PMP, owner of Blue Marble Enterprises with the goal of achieving:[w]orldwide recognition of the many project managers and project teams in every industry including non profit organizations and health care who contribute their time, energy, creativity, innovation, and countless hours to deliver products, services, facilities, and provide emergency and disaster recovery services in every city and community around the world.To learn more about IPM Day, visit: http://www.internationalpmday.org/Related articlesInternational Project Management Day (legalprojectmanagement.info)International Project Management Day 2011 (vyrtunet.wordpress.com)A True Project Management Innovator (vyrtunet.wordpress.com)...

The Association of Corporate Counsel is presenting a two-day program on project management for the in-house lawyers on November 8th and 9th. Title: "Project Management for the In-house Law Department"  Format/Location: Executive Leadership Center, Boston University School of Management in Boston, MA. For hotel and travel information, see: http://www.acc.com/education/businessedu/lodging.cfm Cost: ACC Members: 1,632 USD; Non-members: $1,927 USD  Organizations: Association of Corporate Counsel Description: Projects are increasingly the way that work gets done in companies of all types and sizes. In this new program you will learn the strategic dimensions of project management, including critical aspects of project definition, planning, execution,...

On November 3rd, the Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice will host a webinar on how to brainstorm to create a legal-project plan, presented by Mark Lassiter, a partner at Davis Miles PLLC, and Amanda P., Director of Practice Technology at Davis Miles PLLC. Title: "How to Brainstorm to Create a Legal Project Plan"  Format/Location: On-line webinar. Cost: Free to PMI members. PMI membership required. Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice Description: In this session, we will take a hypothetical case from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Dixon v. Providential Life Ins. Co., and...

On September 29th, the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Legal Project Management Community of Practice (LPM CoP) is hosting a Webinar on "Implementing Legal Project Management." It is free for all PMI member, but you must be a member of PMI to attend. Title: "Implementing Legal Project Management"  Format/Location: LPM CoP Virtual Community site webinar. Cost: Free for PMI members. You must be a member of PMI to attend.  Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice Description: Join Barbara J. Boake and Rick A. Kathuria PMP, the authors of the book "Legal Project Management" to hear about the implementation of...

On September 28th, the International Legal Technology Association along with the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Legal Project Management Community of Practice (LPM CoP), and the PMI's Chicagoland Chapter are co-hosting an informative session on legal-project management. Title: "Project Management = Law and Order"  Format/Location: Live event at: Seyfarth Shaw LLP 131 S. Dearborn Street Suite 2400 ChicagoIllinois 60603 *Attendees should be prepared to show photo ID upon arrival Cost: Free. Organizations:  ILTA PMI's Legal Project Management Community of Practice (LPM CoP) PMI's Chicagoland Chapter  Description: In collaboration with the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), PMI's LPM Community of Practice and PMI's Chicagoland Chapter, Seyfarth...

The International Legal Technology Association has been at the forefront of legal-project management. I have covered ILTA conferences, webinars, and white papers in the past on this blog. Currently, ILTA is holding its 2011 "Rev-Elation" conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Two fellow leaders of the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Legal Project Management Community of Practice (LPM CoP) are presenting at this years ILTA conference.Kim Craig, the Communications Lead for the LPM CoP, is the Director of Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Project Management Office. On Tuesday, she participated in a panel presentation with Pamela Woldow, Partner and General Counsel at Edge International, Inc., and Andrew Terrett, Director...

On Tuesday, August 9th, I will present a Webinar hosted by the Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice (PMI LPM CoP), in which I will discusses the how to avoid redundant project-management costs in electronic-discovery projects. The webinar is free to all PMI members, but you must be a PMI member to view it. Title: "Avoiding Redundant Project-Management Costs in Electronic-Discovery Projects"  Format/Location: Webinar. Cost: Free for PMI members. Not available to non-members.   Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice Description: E-discovery projects are well suited for project-management initiatives as they benefit from access to...

On May 19th the New York City Bar will offer a CLE presentation by Pamela Woldow that will demonstrate legal-project management best practices through a case study. TITLE: LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY Format/Location: Live workshop at: New York City Bar, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. Cost: Free for members and attorneys from sponsoring law firms; 60 USD for everyone else. Organizations: New York City Bar; Edge International Description: In the changing face of today's legal profession, the adoption of Legal Project Management (LPM) best practices by cutting edge law firms is materially improving their...

Juicy bite-sized morsels of legal-project management from February and March 2011. RECENT BUZZ ON E-DISCOVERY CERTIFICATIONS With the Association of Certified Electronic Discovery Specialists's announcement that hit has awarded its first batch of CEDS certifications, e‑discovery certification has once again started generating buzz in the blawgosphere. I wrote about my experiences taking the test in post to this blog. In the second post to his new blog, Rip Van Winkle of Litigation Support, "Frank" discusses whether e‑discovery certifications are "really worth it." His conclusion: [S]ome employers will take the certs seriously, some employers will not, but make the education...

ALM's LegalTech West Coast conference will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on May 17th and 18th. The last session of the second day offers a CLE course on legal-project management as part of the "Integration of Legal Technology" education track. The class will be held from 3:45 to 5:00 PM on May 18th and will cover:Review project management principles and how to apply to the business of practice supportCost savings from applying project managementThe intersection of practice support and project management: an essential piece of the law firm puzzleSee who's done it and done it wellObstacles, pitfalls and...