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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...

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 for the legal industry. While Onit's solutions apply to more than the legal industry, it strongly emphasized the application of its business and legal process management applications to legal work. Therefore, I see Austin Ventures's investment as an indication that investors are seeing real growth potential for legal-project management.Related articlesOnit Seeks Members for Advisory Group; Offers Members its Legal Project...

Is legal-project management gaining traction in Spain? If Anna Marra has any say in the matter it will. Anna recently published an article in Lawyer Press, an on-line, Spanish-language publication for lawyers. I don't read Spanish, but could make out most of the article using Google Translate. The article provides a brief introduction to LPM, why lawyers should use it and how they can deploy it it and apply it to their daily activities. Anna also mentioned in a recent discussion posted to the PMI LPM Community Group on LinkedIn that she is writing a book on the subject.Related articlesLPM 2012 and...

Pamela Woldow's excellent LPM-oriented blog, At the Intersection has made the ABA Journal's Blawg 100 list this year. Support Pam's excellent blog and help get the word out about LPM by submitting a vote here: http://www.abajournal.com/blawg100...

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 Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice (LPM CoP) is currently looking for volunteers, although the volunteers must be PMI members. If you are a member of PMI, or have been thinking of joining, read the announcement below to see if any of the positions are of interest to you.The LPM CoP is growing fast and needs your help. We are looking for volunteers to help us continue to deliver value to our members and contribute to the development of project management within the legal industry. Currently we are looking for volunteers to fill the following positions:LPM Wiktionary Project...

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...

Today, the Project Management Institute (PMI) has published what I think is its first article on legal-project management. The article is a revised, edited, and formatted version of a post I made to this blog almost a year ago. PMI members can obtain the article for free from PMI's Knowledge Shelf. The direct link to the article is: https://www.pmi.org/en/Knowledge-Center/Knowledge-Shelf/~/media/Members/Knowledge%20Shelf/Easton_2011%20(3).ashxA recording of a related Webinar that I presented for the PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice is available to all PMI members at the Community's Web site.Anyone, PMI members or not, can still read the original post on this blog for free.Related...

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...

The American Bar Association is now accepting nominations for its annual list of the 100 best legal blogs. Help raise awareness of legal-project management by submitting a "Blog 100 Amici" form, recommending legalprojectmanagement.info....