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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 August 17th, the Organization of Litigation Support Professionals will host a presentation on "common sense project management," presented by Jane Gennarelli, a principal of Magellan's Law Corporation.Title: "Common Sense Project Management" Format/Location: Teleconference. Cost: Free for OLP members. 79 USD per telephone line for non-members.  Organizations: The Organization of Legal ProfessionalsInstructors: Jane Gennarelli, a principal of Magellan's Magellan's Law CorporationDate: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 7:30 to 9:30 A.M. United States 10:00 a.m. Pacific; 12:00 Central; 1:00 EasternDescription/Agenda: [T]his webinar...will discuss the typical reasons that litigation projects get "broken" -- why there are cost overruns, why deadlines are missed, and why quality expectations aren't met -- and [will] outline...

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and Hildebrandt Baker Robbins are presenting the 9th Annual General Counsel Forum on September 13-14, in New York City. The forum promises to "[bring] together a highly experienced group of risk management professionals to help law firms lower their risk exposure." One of the topics of the forum is "Project Management as a Risk Management Tool," presented by Susan Raridon Lambreth, Managing Director, Hildebrandt Baker Robbins. Increasing pressure from clients for price breaks and alternative fee arrangements have made efficient legal work design more important than ever. Business organizations have long embraced project management and process improvement methods...

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...

It was one year ago on this date that I posted my first blog post on legal project management. One year and more than 150 posts later, my mission remains the same:  [T]o publish information on project management that is targeted to lawyers, paralegals, and litigation support professionals. My goal is that the opinions, tips, and links shared on this blog will help generate much-needed discussion on the role of project management in law firms, corporate legal departments, and the vendors who service them.[1]My impetus for starting this blog was the lack of useful information for those of us responsible...

Red Bridge Strategy, an LPO consultancy, will include Legal Project Management as one of the topics covered at its 2010 Global Legal Process Management Boot Camp, which will take place in Mumbai and New Delhi, India, May 18-20.[1] I couldn't find any information on whether Legal Project Management will be covered as an independent session and, if it will, who'll be discussing it, but the presenters are drawn from a number of the big LPO players.  [1] Matthew Sullivan, Expanded Global Legal Process Management Boot Camp, Global Legal, Apr. 12, 2010, http://globallegal.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/expanded-global-legal-process-management-boot-camp/....

On March 10, 2010, the Ark Group is hosting a conference on alternative fee arrangements (AFA) at the AMA Executive Center in New York, New York. On the agenda is a one-hour "problem-solving session" titled "Project Management and AFA's: Achieving Cost-certainty for the Firm, Enabling Cost-certainty for the Firm's Clients." The session's co-presenters are Steven B. Levy (company profile / LinkedIn), Principal at Lexician and a prolific writer and speaker on the topic of legal project management, and Patrick J. Lamb (company profile / LinkedIn), a Partner at Valorem Law Group.The details of the conference are as follows:Alternative Fee Arrangements--From...