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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 Deadliest Sins of Communicating with Lawyers"  Format/Location: On-line webinar. Cost: Free to PMI members. PMI membership required. Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice Description: This webinar will unveil the most damaging communication mistakes project managers make when communicating to influence lawyers. Participants will also learn the three primary reasons these communication mistakes occur and the various contexts in...

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 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...

The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) is hosting a product demonstration of iFramework, a project-management software tool for litigation-support projects. Title: Project Management Software for Litigation Support - Product Briefing Date(s): 4/1/2011 Time(s) 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM U.S. EasternLocation: Web cast.Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/988961642 Session Description: For e-discovery and litigation support, it is essential to have a project management tool that manages the multiple aspects of critical projects. It is time to re-think and re-tool your department so that you can have peak performance and manage projects more effectively. Use technology to your advantage and watch how improved processes and workflow techniques can produce better results...

On March 15, 2011, Pamela Woldow of Edge International presented a CLE course on implementing legal-project management, which is now available on demand from the ALI-ABA Knowlege Portal. Title: "LPM Update: Lessons Learned in Implementing Legal Project Management 2011 (Video)"  Format/Location: On-demand video. Cost: 139 USD.  Organizations: American Law InstituteAmerican Bar AssociationNALP -- The Association for Legal Career Professionals Description: Now that legal project management (LPM) has established itself in today's economically challenging legal landscape, some real world lessons are emerging as law firms grapple with how to implement their LPM initiatives smoothly, effectively, and within budget. Please join Pamela Woldow of...

On Tuesday, March 15th, the Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice will host a Webinar presented by Jim Hassett, Ph D., the author of the book "Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide", who will discusses the eight key issues in Legal Project Management. The webinar is free to all PMI members. Title: "Eight Key Issues in Legal Project Management"  Format/Location: Text. Cost: Free for PMI members. Not available to non-members.   Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice LegalBizDev Description: Please Join Jim Hassett Ph D., the author of the book "Legal Project Management Quick Reference...

I realize a few weeks have gone by with no posts here. Besides the normal rush and pressures of client projects, there have been a number of other work and personal projects that have put this blog, and my social media activities in general, on hold. First, I've been busy helping to launch AbsoluteProof® WebSeal,™ a Web-evidence collection, integrity preservation, and authenticity service, designed to support the increase in Web-related litigation and investigation activities. AbsoluteProof WebSeal is powered by AbsoluteProof, Surety's patented, digital timestamping methodology, and is delivered to the market as a litigation-support managed service by Global Colleague.I co-authored an article on...

This Wednesday, January 19th, the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) is hosting a live seminar on project management in New York City with "group casts" in New Brunswick, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; and Mechanicsburgh, PA. You can also "attend" from you office or home by Web cast. Title: "Project Management for Lawyers 2011"  Format/Location: Live Seminar at PLI New York Center, 810 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street (21st floor), New York, New York 10019. Philadelphia Groupcast Location:  Pennsylvania Bar Institute, The CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building, 10th floor, Suite 1010, Center City Philadelphia (Juniper St. entrance, between 13th & Broad...

On January 26, 2011, the Project Management Institute's Legal Project Management Community of Practice will host a webinar on the value of project management in electronic discovery, presented by Chris Wilen of Fios, Inc., and co-hosted by Dawn Radcliffe of Marathon Oil and Rick Kathuria of McCarthy Tetrault. The webinar is free to all PMI members. Title: "The Value of Project Management in E-Discovery"  Format/Location: Webinar. Cost: Free to PMI members.  Organizations: PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice Fios Inc. Description: Interest in applying project management concepts to e-discovery is on the rise. This webcast explores important impacts the...

Paralegals are often overlooked in discussions about legal-project management, but in many firms, especially small to medium firms, paralegals probably make up the majority of accidental legal-project managers. Already, many lawyers rely on their paralegals to manage their practice management software, calendars, and tickler systems; assemble their documents; open and close case files; and many more case-management activities. With economic pressures pushing more work down to lower-cost resources, the importance of highly capable paralegals will only increase. Therefore, it is nice to see paralegals getting a little LPM love.  On December 14, 2010, Altman Weil will host a 75-minute webinar...