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 management principles in their work, to applying it to many aspects of how they manage their work.
This program will take the foundational elements covered in the past two years’ programs and show how they can apply to your law firm or legal department - with the examples of organizations who are using legal project management to transform themselves. You will learn about the latest developments in project management in the legal field, with lessons learned from law firms and legal departments about how to apply these techniques to improve efficiency, lower project costs, and increase overall results.
Lecture Topics [Total time 06:13:33]
Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.
- Opening Remarks and Introduction* [00:17:07]
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A., P. Michael Walker
- Trends and Developments in Legal Project Management - How LPM is Changing The Legal Business Model [00:53:56]
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A., P. Michael Walker
- Applying Legal Project Management -- A Case Study in Using LPM in Legal Organizations - Part 1 [01:00:30]
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A., Fredrick Russell Dempsey, Brad L. Peterson, Delilah B. Flaum
- Applying Legal Project Management -- How Does It Change Day to Day Lawyering [01:00:04]
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A., Laura H. McAlister, Andrew J. Terrett, PMP, Robert H. Brunson, John E. Duggan
- Budgeting for Legal Matter - Lessons Learned on Alternative Fee Arrangements and Hourly Matters [01:31:39]
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A., Stephanie Flitcroft, David A. Rueff, Jr., Robert H. Brunson, Florinda Baldridge, P. Michael Walker
- Legal Project Managers - Developing Roles for Lawyers and Other Professionals in Managing Legal Matters [01:30:17]
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A., Laura H. McAlister, David A. Rueff, Jr., Vincent J. Cordo, Jr., John E. Duggan
The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:
- Legal Project Management: Transforming Legal Services
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Legal Project Management Grows Up
- What Is Successful Legal Project Management?
Carla Landry
- Six Big Law Firms Get Serious About Legal Project Management
- United Retirement Plan Consultants, Inc. & Porter Wright: Making Fixed Fees Work in a Small Law Department
- Risk Chart
Fredrick Russell Dempsey
- We Are the (Small Law) Champions (of Value-Based Fees)
Fredrick Russell Dempsey
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP--Legal Project Manager Job Description
- Improve Client Service and Satisfaction Through Global Project and Knowledge Management
- Creating a "Communication Engine" Through Legal Project Management
- KM Struggles to Survive While Legal Project Management Thrives
Andrew J. Terrett, PMP
- Value-Based Legal Services (Not Just Estimating Hours at Standard Rates)
David A. Rueff, Jr.
- Tracking Legal Costs with Task Codes: Different Firms Take Different Approaches
- Is It Possible to Turn Lawyers Into Project Managers?. . . or Will They Crash and Burn?
Carla Landry
- Lawyers As Project Managers--An Alternative Path to Partnership?
Carla Landry
- Legal Project Manager Job Description
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Effective Budgeting to Provide Cost Predictability & Cost Containment (PowerPoint Slides)
Gerard G. Pecht
- Legal Project Management--Working with Outside Counsel to Manage Budgets, Timelines and Expectations (PowerPoint Slides)
David A. Rueff, Jr.
- Index to Project Management for Lawyers 2013
Presentation Material
- Trends and Developments in Legal Project Management – How LPM Is Changing the Legal Business Model
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Turning Point -- Trends and Developments in Legal Project Management - How LPM Is Changing the Legal Business Model
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Applying Legal Project Management – A Case Study in Using LPM in Legal Organizations
- Turning Point -- Applying Legal Project Management - A Case Study in Using LPM in Legal Organizations
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Applying Legal Project Management - How Does It Change Day-to-Day Lawyering?
Robert H. Brunson
- Turning Point -- Applying Legal Project Management - How Does It Change Day-to-Day Lawyering?
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Budgeting for Legal Matters - Lessons Learned from Alternative Fee Arrangements and Hourly Matters
David A. Rueff, Jr.
- Budgeting for Legal Matter - Lessons Learned on Alternative Fee Arrangements and Hourly Matters
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
- Legal Project Managers – Developing Roles for Lawyers and Other Professionals in Managing
- Implementing a Legal Project Management Office
David A. Rueff, Jr.
- Turning Point -- Legal Project Managers - Developing Roles for Lawyers and Other Professionals in Managing Legal Matters
Susan Raridon Lambreth, J.D., M.B.A.
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