This is a webcast of the live New York session.
Why you should attend
Project management has evolved from something many lawyers thought was a fad to a discipline every lawyer needs to understand and apply. Legal departments are under pressure to reduce total legal costs to their organizations and to improve their management of outside counsel. Applying legal project management to the management of these matters and the management of outside counsel are the keys to achieving these goals. This program will provide practical tools and ideas attorneys can apply to their practices and organizations.
What you will learn
The program will cover:
- Recent developments in project management in legal departments
- How to allocate responsibilities among team members
- How to be sure your team is communicating effectively
- How to develop a roadmap for an after-action review
- How to improve skills for future matters
- Looking into the future: what lies ahead for legal project management?
Who should attend
- In-house counsel who are seeking to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their work
- In-house lawyers seeking to partner more effectively with outside counsel to enhance their organization’s legal services
- Lawyers in private practice seeking to understand the in-house perspective and to enhance their relationships with in-house counsel
PLI Group Discounts
Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.
PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm
Contact the Groupcasts Department via email at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details.
Cancellations
All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.
All times are E.S.T.
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
9:00 Opening Remarks and Introduction
Susan Raridon Lambreth, Denise L. Skingle
9:15 Part 1: Trends and Developments in Legal Project Management: How LPM is Changing the Legal Business Model
- The evolving role of project management in legal organizations
- Addressing expectations from internal clients – for their in-house counsel and legal departments
- How LPM practices are evolving for in-house counsel
Part 2: Communication Plans and Practices: Analyzing Stakeholders and Developing a RACI Chart and Avoiding Surprises
- Keys to identifying stakeholders
- Allocating responsibilities and getting the team on the same page with RACI charts
- Ensuring effective and efficient communications
Susan Raridon Lambreth, Cynthia R. Shoss, Lynn Simpson, Denise L. Skingle
10:45 Networking Break
11:00 Part I: After-Action Reviews – An Underutilized Approach to Improving Legal Department Efficiency
Part 2: A Look Forward for Legal Project Management
- A roadmap for an after-action review/lessons learned process
- Typical matter reviews vs. a forensic review of distressed matters
- Analyzing a matter to identify inefficiencies and improve future matters
- Looking forward: The next evolution of project management in legal departments
Hal Clarke, Aileen Leventon, David J. Zampa
12:30 Program Adjourns
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1Indiana: Considered a distance education course. There is a 6 credit limit per year.
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4 Pennsylvania: A live webcast may be viewed individually or in a group setting. Credit may be granted to an attorney who views a live webcast individually. There is a 4.0 credit limit per year for this type of viewing. A live webcast viewed in a group setting receives live participatory credit if the program is open to the public and advertised at least 30 days prior to the program. Live webcasts viewed in a group setting that do not advertise at least 30 days prior the program will be considered "in-house", and therefore denied credit.
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