Legal Project Management is about asking five questions, and everything else is commentary. We often hear about work breakdown structure, project charters, workflows, after-action reviews
Management concepts are frequently accompanied by adages that are packed with nuance: “You can’t improve what you can’t describe.”That translates into questions such as: What will look different when comparing “before and after”?
Next Stage: Legal Project Management Book Preview The book covers topics from those in the trenches: use cases, how to improve collaboration with other functions,
Law firms are a particular breed of professional services firm with metrics, staffing and operational models that are unique to the legal industry. In this
Legal education is focused on doctrinal courses and increasingly clinical education. Translating this knowledge into effective and valuable legal services requires “soft skills.” Law Strategy
As we approach the end of the year and the holidays, I want to stay in touch and share my gratitude for our professional association.
Ask your client what went well after completing a matter. After-action reviews lead to greater efficiency, cost-effectiveness, responsiveness, professional development, managerial skills, and knowledge. The
Law firms have metrics like any other services business: productivity, utilization, profitability. Their base rate increases on these metrics. But if timekeeping practices are deficient,
Understanding the first principles of legal project management (LPM) is the key to improving legal services’ effectiveness.
Article points out that even AI requires categories to be set up; phase codes are useful existing categories that can help lawyers set up codes sensibly at the start of a matter and use them well.