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On November 1st, the Canadian Bar Association will host its first conference on focused on the topic of legal-project management.  Title: "Project Management for Canadian Lawyers"  Format/Location: Live Conference. Hyatt Regency, Toronto. Cost: Free for OLP members. 79 USD per telephone line for non-members.  Organizations: The Canadian Bar Association Description: The CBA is pleased to offer its first conference on Project Management for Canadian Lawyers.  Many lawyers struggle to estimate how long a legal mandate will take or how much it will cost. Project management methods have been used successfully for many years to answer these questions in corporations, consulting firms and...

On July 28th, the Atlanta chapter of the Association of Litigation Support Professionals will co-host with the American Society of Digital Forensics & E-discovery a free breakfast networking event and presentation on "proactive e-discovery project management."Title: "Proactive e-Discovery Project Management: Proven Strategies to Gain Control, Manage Risk and Realize Positive Returns" Format/Location: Live. Robert Half Legal 3424 Peachtree Road Floor C Atlanta, GA 30326 404.264.0810 www.roberthalflegal.comCost: Free.Organizations: Association of Litigation Support Professionals--Atlanta ChapterAmerican Society of Digital Forensics & E-dscoveryInstructors: Scott D. Nader (link requires LinkedIn account, no public profile), Legal Counsel, AMECAMECJ. Henry Walker IV, Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLPFrank Wu, Managing Director, Protiviti Inc.Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 7:30 to 9:30...

On August 18th, the Practicing Law Institute will present a one-hour CLE program that promises to demystify project management. Title: Demystifying Project ManagementFormat: Audio only (Windows Media Player, Real Player, or Adobe Flash Player software needed).Cost: $299Organizations: Practicing Law InstituteInstructors: Stephen V. Armstrong, Principal, Armstrong Talent DevelopmentTimothy G. Leishman, Managing Director, Firm Leader Inc.Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 1:00 pm  - 2:00 pm United States Eastern TimeDescription: As clients push law firms to be more efficient and as alternative fee arrangements spread, firms are beginning to apply project management principles to manage their work.  But the tenets of classic project management, as they were developed to...

On June 23rd, LexisNexis will present a virtual panel on the "discipline and benefits of project management" as part of its "The Business of Litigation" series.[1] Title: The Discipline and Benefits of Project ManagementFormat: on-line CLE Cost: FREEOrganizations: LexisNexis LexisNexis and Adam Smith, Esq.Host: LexisNexisModerator:  Kevin Stehr, Vice-President, LexisNexis Litigation & Research SolutionsPanelists include:Tom Birsic, Partner and Litigation Practice Leader, K&L GatesJamie A. Brown, Director, Fennemore Craig, P.C.David Burt, DuPont Corporate CounselRick Rose, General Counsel, Calgon CarbonOther panelists to be announcedDate:  June 23, 2010, 2:00pm ETDescription: Project management is nothing more than rationally supervising the process of (a) deploying resources (b)...

Earlier today I attended the Association of Corporate Counsel's CLE Web Cast on Legal Project Management, which is now available on the ACC Web site as an archived recording. The one-hour CLE program, sponsored by the Huron Consulting Group, was presented by Nancy Jessen, a Managing Director a Huron Consulting Group, and Elizabeth A. Jaworski, Director or Motorola's Law Department Business Operations.This was one of the better and more informative Web casts on legal project management that I've attended. It covers much of the same ground that similar project-management-for-lawyers-in-only-an-hour programs do, but also included some interested statistics on the adoption of LPM in corporate...

On May 13th, the Association of Corporate Counsel's Law Department Management Committee will present a one-hour CLE program, sponsored by the Huron Consulting Group, that will discuss project management within the legal profession. Title: Applying Project Management to Legal MattersFormat: Web cast.Cost: Free if no CLE requested.CLE Credit: $35 for ACC member; $75 for non-members.Organizations: Association of Corporate Counsel's Law Department Management Committee; Huron Consulting GroupInstructors: Nancy Jessen, Managing Director, Huron Consulting GroupElizabeth A. Jaworski, Director, Law Department Business Operations, MotorolaDate: Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 2:00 PM United States Eastern TimeDescription: With the growing expectation and usage of fixed fee and alternative fee engagements,...

Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, a professional services firm management consultancy, is offering a three-day program on legal project management and process improvement, starting on June 9th at the Downtown Conference Center at Pace University, New York, NY. CLE is not provided, but participants will receive "white belt" certification in law firm process improvement from the Legal Sales and Service Organization.Title: PROJECT MANAGEMENT & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TRAINING: WORK PROCESS REDESIGN IN LAW FIRMSFormat: live.Cost: 3-Day Tuition: $3295 ($2995 if you register by May 10, 2010)2-Day Tuition: $2295 ($1995 if you register by May 10, 2010)Organizations: Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, Legal Sales and Service Organization,...

As part of my background snooping for my recent post on the Dechert LLP's firmwide project management initiative, I discovered that Altman Weil's Legal Project Management Webinar is available for purchase as a flash presentation on CD.  I assume that this is the same, or similar to the, seminar that led Dechert to retaining Altman Weil to provide project management training to all Dechert partners and associates. At $295, it is pricey for a 90-minute program that doesn't provide any CLE credit, but it is one of the more timely and influential LPM courses out there.Title: Legal Project ManagementFormat: A...

If you missed the ALI-ABA CLE course on Legal Project Management, you can now purchase it on demand. You can read my review of the course here: http://legalprojectmanagement.info/2009/12/today-i-attended-via-web.htmlAs I had attended the web cast live, I was provided with complimentary access to the on-demand version. I was curious whether the on-demand interface would be an improvement over the streaming Web cast. I was disappointed. The Adobe flash player window was small and did not permit resizing. I chose the option to attend the on-demand version NOT for MCLE credits (I already had my credits from the live version), but still was stuck...

As the legal community increasingly accepts the importance of legal project management, providers of continuing legal education courses fill the void left by law schools and training programs,which typically do not cover this topic. For lawyers looking to learn more about legal project management and meet their state's CLE requirements at the same time, I've compiled a short list of CLE courses focused on legal project management. I'll post additional course as I come across them. Please post of any you know of in the comments.The In-house Attorney As Project ManagerFormat: audio, podcastOrganization: Association of Corporate CounselHost: West LegalEdcenterDate: 21 October 2009Description: Given today's...