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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...

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...

UPDATE (1 JAN 2010): I create a separate Web page from this blog post to maintain an updated list of Legal Project Management applications, see:http://legalprojectmanagement.info/legal-project-management-applications.htmlFor some time now, Mark Kerzner has provided weekly summaries of information shared on the LitSupport Yahoo Group discussion board at his "Legal Technology" blog. Last month he launched "LitSupport Q & A" that provides this information in a question and answer format as a free service to the litigation support community. One of the first answers published is a list of "EDD Project Tracking Dashboard software."The list is not meant to be complete as it merely records responses to...

The physical version of Steven Levy's book on legal project management, titled, uh, Legal Project Management, is now available from Amazon.com. There is currently no Kindle version, unfortunately. Since Mr. Levy has stated that he expects there to be a Kindle version, I'll hold out a bit before ordering and reviewing it. Given the quality of Steven's writing on the subject at his Lexician blog, I expect it to be well worth the price in any format. You can learn more by clicking on the Amazon link below. If you purchase the book via this link, it'll throw a few...

If you are interested in legal project management, you've probably figured out by now that there are few resources available that provide you timely information and informed opinions on the topic. Sharing helpful resources about, and cross-pollinating ideas among bloggers interested in, legal project management directly supports my blog's mission.  One of the busiest of the bees in the hive is Rees Morrison. Rees Morrison's Law Department Management Blog was one of the first added to my Blog Roll and is a must-follow resource on trends in law department management. I've written about Ree's posts in the past, but this post provides an end-of-year...

Steven Levy, principal at Lexician, blawger, and frequent commenter on this blog, has a book coming out, titled: Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity. It will be published by Day Pack Books and will be available by the end of this month for $29.95 on Amazon.com. This is the first book that I'm aware of that is specifically focused on the topic of legal project management and I'm excited to get my hands on a copy. There is no way to pre-order at this time, that I'm aware of, but I'll be sure to...

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. Recently, I've started approaching members of the legal and legal support communities to ask them to share their views on legal project management. Most have been very encouraging and willing to speak with me.A while back I came across Baker Robbins & Company's Project Management for Litigation Clinic. It was exciting for me to see a two-day program devoted entirely...

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 me as strange as most of the best legal project managers work in the litigation support bureaus. Until very recently, the litigation support bureau was one of the few environments where the unique skill set of legal project managers was valued and rewarded. I think this answers my question about why the support bureaus have not highlighted their project management expertise:...

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 reviews of document review and early case assessment software should be of interest to many visitors. Below are links to my three most recent reviews.Review: earlyCASE (Easton-Early Case Review-TF 09-29-09.pdf)Review: Concordance 10 and E.L. Native Review for Concordance (Easton-Concordance10-TF 08-25-09.pdf)Review: Lexis Nexis Concordance 2007 (Easton-Concordance2007-TF 09-25-07.pdf)I've participated in the Technolawyer Community since, at least, late 2002. The new letters are...

Yesterday, I introduced The Rosetta Brief, authored by  by Regina Mullen, CEO of a company called Dialexia, which is a founding partner of the Agile Lawyers Association. I failed to note, however, that the Agile Lawyers Association has its own blawg, titled: Raising The Bar "Iteratively!"  The posts do not include the author name(s), but I assume that Ms Mullen is currently writing most of the content.In addition to posting updates to events and developments related to the Association, the blog also posts about Agile-related topics and applies them to the practice of law.  The Agile Lawyers Association is still in an early stage of...