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October 2009 Archives

ALI ABA Offers Project Management for Lawyers CLE Course

By Paul C. Easton on October 28, 2009 9:05 AM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
The American Law Institute and American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) are offering a continuing legal education course on project management for lawyers.[1]  The Web cast, schedule for December 9th, will provide two hours of MCLE credit at a cost of 199 USD....

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Seyfarth Shaw Shows How Setting Up a LPMO Can Help Project-and-Process Improvement Efforts Succeed

By Paul C. Easton on October 20, 2009 6:11 PM | Comments | 2 TrackBacks
Law.com published a very interesting article by Gina Passarella today that discusses how firms are applying project and process management concepts to legal work.[1] What interested me most about this article was the description of how Seyfarth Shaw implemented Six...

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Tomorrows Corporate Lawyers: Some thoughts on Richard Susskind's Five Categories

By Paul C. Easton on October 18, 2009 9:12 AM | Comments | 1 TrackBack
I just read a very interesting article by Richard Susskind (author of The End of Lawyers) on Law.com today.[1]  In it he discussed what he predicts will be the five types of corporate lawyers in the future. These are:expert trusted...

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Alice Burns on Project Management for Litigation

By Paul C. Easton on October 15, 2009 12:40 AM | Comment | 1 TrackBack
One of the benefits of maintaining this blog is that it brings me into contact with experts in the fields of legal project management, legal process improvement, and legal technology. It is my stepladder to the shoulders of giants....

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Job Advice: Legal Project Management is Swell, but it Won't Make Up for Technological Ineptitude

By Paul C. Easton on October 12, 2009 12:32 PM | Comments | 2 TrackBacks
In the current economic climate, it is prudent to find ways to distinguish yourself from your competition, whether you're a firm looking to gain and retain clients or a lawyer looking for a job. I've written in the past that attorney...

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Thoughts About Applied Discovery's 2009 Survey on E-Discovery Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on October 10, 2009 5:38 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
Litigation support shops have increasingly been reinventing themselves as e-discovery consultants as much of the collection, processing, and hosting work becomes commoditized. Only a few, however, have emphasized project management as an area where they bring value. This always struck...

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ALSP Webinar (kinda) Discusses Corporate Litigation Project Management & EDD

By Paul C. Easton on October 1, 2009 4:05 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
Earlier today I attended a webcast hosted by the Association of Litigation Support Professionals (ALSP) titled Corporate Litigation Project Management & EDD. It was presented by John F. Mancini, president of the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM). Mancini discussed...

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Software Reviews of Concordance, EL Native Review, and earlyCASE

By Paul C. Easton on October 1, 2009 3:09 AM | Comments | No TrackBacks
I've published a number of software reviews in the Technolawyer Community's TechnoFeature newsletter. My most recent review was of an early case assessment solution called "earlyCASE."  Since many (most?) readers of this blawg are involved with electronic discovery, my...

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