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In Search of the God Timer

By Paul C. Easton on July 29, 2010 10:00 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBack
If there is some all-knowing, all-seeing deity out there entering my every step into the Book of Life, I wish said deity would give me access to its pages now and then to assist with my time entry duties. The money I spent, time I labored, and pain I endured in testing, configuring, and managing time-tracking systems should have earned me such a boon. Tracking time is a necessary evil for Legal Project Managers, especially if they are practicing attorneys. Even if you do not bill by the hour, it is still important to track your time to understand how long tasks...

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Book Review: The OLP's Thought Leaders Guide to E-Discovery

By Paul C. Easton on July 21, 2010 2:50 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
I spent some time today reading through the Organization of Legal Professionals's (OLP) recently published Thought Leader's Guide to Electronic Discovery, a collection of 15 short articles covering "areas of concern litigators encounter frequently in pretrial discovery and presents suggestions and strategies for solving some of these problems." It seeks to further the OLP's goal of providing "formal education for the experienced legal professional in eDiscovery."[1] It also includes a directory of organizations and blogs dedicated to e-discovery and information about OLP's on-line e-discovery courses.  Author: The Organization of Legal Professionals Title: The OLP's Thought Leaders Guide to E-Discovery Publisher: The Organization...

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Book Review: Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide

By Paul C. Easton on July 19, 2010 5:50 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Legal-project management has been getting a lot of press as the sluggish economy continues to create demand for more efficient legal services and predictable legal costs. Law firms are getting the message that to compete in this environment, they need to employ project-management best practices. The challenge is that lawyers typically do not receive project-management training. Demand is increasing for material targeted at the "accidental" legal-project manager who doesn't have the time or budget for extensive, formal project-management training. Jim Hassett's new Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide ("Guide") addresses this need. Author: Jim Hassett Title: Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide:...

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Get Legal Project Management on Your Kindle

By Paul C. Easton on June 7, 2010 10:00 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
You can now subscribe to this blog on your Kindle. If you own a Kindle or use the Amazon Kindle app on the iPhone. While the content of this blog remains free at this Web site and through your favorite feed reader, some people prefer reading blog content on e-book readers. ...

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Amazon Guide to E-discovery Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on May 23, 2010 7:59 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
I just took a stab at creating an Amazon guide for legal project management. In case you are not aware, an Amazon guide is not much more than a short blurb highlighting books that are helpful in understanding a particular topic, so calling it a "guide" is an exaggeration. For what its worth, you can check it out here:http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R24KTUHY673O2GI've also created an Amazon Listmania list titled: The E-discovery Project Manager's Ready Reference Bookshelf, which highlights books that I find helpful to keep in easy reach.Have I overlooked any book that is on your must-have list of e-discovery references?...

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Legal Project Management is now on Face Book

By Paul C. Easton on May 4, 2010 7:13 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
I've created a community page on Face Book to promote Legal Project Management. If you use Face Book, please become of fan of Legal Project Management and share your thoughts, tips, and discoveries related to legal project management. To become a fan, just visit the following URL and click the "like" button:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Legal-Project-Management/118579031495751...

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Gleanings from the LPM Blogosphere (A/K/A Regurgitating a Couple Months of Content from People Smarter than Me)

By Paul C. Easton on April 7, 2010 5:27 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
There have been a lot of good posts on legal project management (LPM) in the Blogosphere over the past couple of months that I've starred, tagged, taken notes on, and then neglected because other things have taken my attention hostage. So, before my attention is recaptured, I'm taking this opportunity to dump into one post the various tidbits I've been saving to share with you. These are in no particular order, I'm just grabbing them from Evernote. I'm probably breaking whole lists of blogging best practices with this post, but you were warned in the title. Steven Levy weilds his B.S....

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Corcoran on Legal Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on April 6, 2010 9:00 PM | 1 Comment | 1 TrackBack
While doing a little digging into Altman Weil Inc. after reading about their being hired by Dechert LLP to provide legal project management (LPM) training to all of the law firm's partners and associates, I discovered a new blog that those of you interested in LPM might want to add to your blog roll.  Corcoran's Business of Law Blog is authored by Timothy B. Corcoran, a Senior Consultant with Altman Weil. Mr. Corcoran was a co-presenter of Altman Weil's recent LPM Webinar, and has recently written a couple of informative post introducing his take on LPM.In a post dated March...

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A Book, An Old Article, and Plenty of Blawgs: January Kicks 2010 Off to Good Start for Legal Project Management

By Paul C. Easton on January 31, 2010 5:47 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBack
A lot can happen in two weeks. Due to a number of positive and negative work-related and personal challenges, I've not posted for a couple weeks. In 2009, that wouldn't have been an issue. There just was not a great deal of news and analysis of legal project management on a month-to-month basis. If January is any indication, however, 2010 looks to be a much more exciting year for those interested in the subject. I was put back into a writing mood this past Friday as I started reading Stephen Levy's book, Legal Project Management, on the high speed rail...

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Legal Project Management Blog Featured in the First Episode of the Not The Status Report Podcast

By Paul C. Easton on January 17, 2010 8:17 PM | No Comments | 1 TrackBack
I was honored to learn today via Twitter, that Cornelius Fichtner (@corneliusficht) featured the Legal Project Management blog in the inaugural episode of his new podcast. Mr. Fichtner is already well-known in project-management circles for his PM PodCast. His new podcast is entitled Not The Status Report (NTSR).  Each week, Mr. Fichtner and Josh Nankivel (who also authors the PM Student blog) "report on and recommend one project management related tool, gadget, website, methodology, blog, game, software, product, or service." In NTSR's first episode, Cornelius recommends this blog and highlights my post on project management in legal staffing companies. I appreciate the...

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