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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 while back and later donated it to the Project Management Institute to help it promote its Legal Project Management Community of Practice. While DiDomenico's group competes with PMI LPM CoP group, I firmly believe that the more exposure given LPM, the better, and wish DiDomenico and his group the success. Some other LPM-focused groups on LinkedIn include:Project Management for Legal Departments...

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...

As far as I know, with its more than 1,000 members, the Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice (LPM CoP) is the largest organization dedicated to the art and science of legal-project management. Its webinars, discussion groups, and other resources, however, are only available to PMI members. Given that most lawyers and legal-support professionals are unfamiliar with PMI, this has been a barrier to the raising awareness of LPM and the LPM CoP among the legal community.  Fortunately, the LPM CoP has launched a social-networking program to raise awareness of the Community and LPM in general. To...

Hubpages now has a page on legal-project management. Unfortunately, its content is a rip off of the Wikipedia article on LPM, with some slight modifications to the wording, and no citations or links to primary sources. This serves as a good example of why I've long lost interest in sites like Hubpages. Hubpages seems to be modeled after Squidoo. Authors submit content. Hubpages helps monetize this content with ads, sharing a portion of the revenue with the authors. I was among the first users of Squidoo, which is better designed and more feature-rich than Hubpages. I made some pocket change from...

On July 28th, the Atlanta chapter of the Association of Litigation Support Professionals will co-host with the American Society of Digital Forensics & E-discovery a free breakfast networking event and presentation on "proactive e-discovery project management."Title: "Proactive e-Discovery Project Management: Proven Strategies to Gain Control, Manage Risk and Realize Positive Returns" Format/Location: Live. Robert Half Legal 3424 Peachtree Road Floor C Atlanta, GA 30326 404.264.0810 www.roberthalflegal.comCost: Free.Organizations: Association of Litigation Support Professionals--Atlanta ChapterAmerican Society of Digital Forensics & E-dscoveryInstructors: Scott D. Nader (link requires LinkedIn account, no public profile), Legal Counsel, AMECAMECJ. Henry Walker IV, Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLPFrank Wu, Managing Director, Protiviti Inc.Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 7:30 to 9:30...

I've created a community page on Face Book to promote Legal Project Management. If you use Face Book, please become of fan of Legal Project Management and share your thoughts, tips, and discoveries related to legal project management. To become a fan, just visit the following URL and click the "like" button:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Legal-Project-Management/118579031495751...

UPDATE (2010-04-06): the first call for volunteers has closed, but please do e-mail me if you are interested. Once the Steering Committee is formed and the Community site is launched we'll be looking for additional subject-matter experts and general members to assist in getting this Community off to a good start.I've been working with the Project Management Institute on establishing a new "Community of Practice" and recently was informed that the project has received the green light. What excites me about this is that this Community, dedicated to the management of legal projects, will have the backing of PMI, one of...

Jason Wade, Sales Manager at iFramework, has posted a simple poll to LinkedIn that asks:try{for(var lastpass_iter=0; lastpass_iter Social Networking & Project Management - is it possible? How often do you check social networking sites using a smart phone?I'll be more interested in any discussion about this at the poll itself or in the Legal Project Management group on LinkedIn than the results itself.  I find the whole LinkedIn polling feature to be a bit half-baked at this time. If you want to seek input from beyond your first-degree connections, you have to pay per response (US $0.75 + $1.00 for "seniority," i.e.,...

Yesterday, I introduced The Rosetta Brief, authored by  by Regina Mullen, CEO of a company called Dialexia, which is a founding partner of the Agile Lawyers Association. I failed to note, however, that the Agile Lawyers Association has its own blawg, titled: Raising The Bar "Iteratively!"  The posts do not include the author name(s), but I assume that Ms Mullen is currently writing most of the content.In addition to posting updates to events and developments related to the Association, the blog also posts about Agile-related topics and applies them to the practice of law.  The Agile Lawyers Association is still in an early stage of...

For those of you using Twitter, I've created a new Twibe (a Twitter group service) on Legal Project Management. To join, follow this link:http://www.twibes.com/group/legalprojectmanagement...