Today the Posse List published its list of seven trends in e-discovery for contract attorneys for 2010. Trend number four is "project management gets serious."[1]
[L]itigation support costs will continue to be reduced with the combining of document review services with more traditional litigation support services. Merrill Corporation, Fios/Ajilon and other companies are doing this, and quite successfully. It offers new roles and more opportunities for contract attorneys. And the key to all of this is project management, often a misused phrase in this industry. [2]
I believe that the Posse List is spot on in this prediction. After years of flirtation, in 2009 we finally saw electronic discovery officially tie the knot with project management (with the Sedona Conference as the officiant). This marriage will be consummated in 2010.
If you are interested in finding work as an e-discovery project manager, I suggest subscribing to The Posse List's Project Manager Jobs distribution list: http://theposselist.com/mailman/listinfo/pm_theposselist.com
Also, here are some prior posts to get you up to speed on e-discovery project management:
- Julian Ackert on the Key to Successful E-discovery Project Management[3]
- Do You Have What it Takes to be an E-discovery Project Manager?[4]
- The Lawyerification of Litigation Support: Is a Legal Education a Benefit or Just Baggage for an E-discovery Project Manager?[5]
- Thoughts About Applied Discovery's 2009 Survey on E-Discovery Project Management[6]
- Job Advice: Legal Project Management is Swell, but it Won't Make Up for Technological Ineptitude[7]
- Clearwell's E-Discovery Predictions for 2010 Forecast Increased Role for Project Management[8]
- Project Management in Legal Staffing Companies[9]
- Exterro Shows How to Apply Project Management to the EDRM[10]
[1] Mr. Posse, 2010: trends in e-discovery for contract attorneys, The Posse List, Dec. 21, 2009, http://www.theposselist.com/2009/12/21/2010-trends-in-e-discovery-for-contract-attorneys/ (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[2] Id.
[3] Paul C. Easton, Julian Ackert on the Key to Successful E-discovery Project Management, Legal Project Management, Dec. 19, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/12/julian-ackert-on-the-key-to-successful-e-discovery-project-management.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[4] Paul C. Easton, Do You Have What it Takes to be an E-discovery Project Manager?, Legal Project Management, Sep. 15, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/09/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-an-e-discovery-project-manager.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[5] Paul C. Easton, The Lawyerification of Litigation Support: Is a Legal Education a Benefit or Just Baggage for an E-discovery Project Manager?, Legal Project Management, Sep. 25, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/09/the-lawyerification-of-litigation-support-is-a-legal-education-a-benefit-or-just-baggage-for-an-e-di.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[6] Paul C. Easton, Thoughts About Applied Discovery's 2009 Survey on E-Discovery Project Management, Legal Project Management, Oct. 10, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/10/thoughts-about-applied-discoverys-2009-survey-on-e-discovery-project-management.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[7] Paul C. Easton, Job Advice: Legal Project Management is Swell, but it Won't Make Up for Technological Ineptitude, Legal Project Management, Oct. 12, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/10/job-advice-legal-project-management-is-swell-but-it-wont-make-up-for-technological-ineptitude.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[8] Paul C. Easton, Clearwell's E-Discovery Predictions for 2010 Forecast Increased Role for Project Management, Legal Project Management, Dec. 21, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/12/clearwells-e-discovery-predictions-for-2010-forecast-increased-role-for-project-management.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[9] Paul C. Easton, Project Management in Legal Staffing Companies, Legal Project Management, Dec. 2, 2009, Project Management in Legal Staffing Companies (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
[10] Paul C. Easton, Exterro Shows How to Apply Project Management to the EDRM, Nov. 23, 2009, http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/11/exterro-shows-how-to-apply-project-management-to-the-edrm.html (last visited on Dec. 21, 2009).
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