Legal Project Management

Through implementation of Legal Project Management you will be able to guide expectations, improve communications, manage scope, manage risks and achieve superior results.

This program will show you how to introduce Legal Project Management into your firm and change the way you work. It has been developed by a lawyer for lawyers and is used widely at Big 4 accounting firms.

Presenter:  Aileen Leventon

THE LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP INCLUDES:

1 The Business Case for Legal Project Management
›› Clients expect it
›› Lawyers should already be doing it
›› Professional development and knowledge transfer
›› Financial performance improvement
›› Structured communication
2 What is Legal Project Management?
›› The 5 questions: “Why, What, When, How, Whom?”
›› The framework for matter management
›› The profile of a legal project manager
›› Resources required, including simple technology
›› The LPM mindset
3 Why? : Aligning the work with client’s needs and
goals
›› Business basics
›› Stakeholder analysis
4 What and When? : The legal strategy
›› Risk profiles: your firm’s and your client’s
›› Is time your friend or your enemy?
5 How?
›› The Work Plan
›› Phases and tasks
›› Dependences and sequencing
›› The Gantt Chart
6 Whom?
›› Staffing
›› Skills
›› Resources
7 Estimating Costs and Pricing
8 The tools inventory

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