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From the program: Project Management for Lawyers 2013

Released on: Feb. 5, 2013

Legal project management is quickly becoming a critical way of doing business in law firms and legal departments. Lawyers are learning to implement project management principles in order to better plan, organize, and supervise projects while enhancing client service and relationships, minimizing risk and enhancing profitability and the management of legal costs. In just a few years, legal organizations have moved from questioning the need for project ...

Recorded on: Feb. 22, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013 Recorded February, 2013 in New York A Real World Update on Diversity [01:15:17] Real world analysis of diversity in the legal profession. Where are we today? A look at the metrics: What’s being measured? Are we making progress? What does the data indicate? The purchase price of this segment includes the following article(s) from the Course Handbook ...

Released on: May. 20, 2013

Taken from the briefing Managing Litigation: How Advance Planning Will Best Serve You in Getting Ready for Your Next Trial recorded April, 2013.Litigation in both Federal and State Courts has become increasingly difficult, expensive and challenging due to procedural, economic and “cultural” realities. Whether planning for a jury or court-tried case, technology has changed the “playing field” for trial lawyers and their clients. Experienced litigators ...

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing Third Party Litigation Finance: What Is It and What Are Its Implications? recorded February, 2013. With the dramatically increasing use of third party funding arrangements, lawyers and law firms are facing the issue of how to manage these relationships, as well as how to potentially increase legal business for their practices, or even compete with those who are doing so. Lecture Topics [Total Time: 01:08:00]  ...