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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)...

Blawger Hanna Hasl-Kelchner (of the Legal Literacy blawg) is presenting a complimentary teleseminar, "How to Control Outside Legal Spending," on June 16, 2010 at 8 pm Eastern.[1] She will interview Rob Thomas, Vice President, Strategic Development for Serengeti Law, a legal billing and matter management SaaS service.[2] They will discuss how to align legal spending with your budget, and your business goals. One of the main topics they will discuss is how to align budgets with project management.[3] Registration for this event is unconventional. To register you must visit askthenononsenselawyer.com, listen to a short audio recording, and "submit your single most important...

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,...

As anyone who follows me on Twitter (@paulceaston) knows, I'm a big fan of Hootsuite (@hootsuite), a Web application for managing your status updates. I use it to read and manage my Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn feeds, but I've never thought of it as a tool for collaborating among project team members. So I was surprised to find in my inbox an e-mail from Hootsuite asking me if I "need better methods for coordinating with project teams?" It goes on to invite me to: [j]oin us for a Webinar to explore HootSuite's team workflow tools and learn tactics for power tuning your...

Today I attended, via Web cast, the American Law Institute and American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) continuing legal education course on project management for lawyers.[1] The instructor was time-management-for-lawyers guru Margaret Spencer Dixon.[2]Ms Dixon's two-hour lecture provided a crash course in project management, tailored for a legal audience. I had predicted that this would not be a standards-based course, but rather a discussion of general principals of "project management" as the term is loosely defined.[3] I was wrong. Although Ms Dixon kept the presentation lawyer-friendly, I was surprised at how much standard project-management terminology and practices she covered. Unlike most project-management-for-lawyers courses...

Right on the heels of their recent Web cast discussing how to apply project management to the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, Exterro will present another Web cast focusing on e-discovery project management, this one focusing on the law firm rather than the corporate legal department: E-discovery Project Management and Legal Hold: A Practical Approach for Law Firms Tuesday, December 8, 2009 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM PST Register at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/928623072 Natasha Keitges, Senior Director of Business Development at Exterro, will be joined by Randal Girourard, Litigation Support Manager at Haynes and Boone, LLP, to discuss "how to weave project management principles...

Last Thursday, Exterro gave an on-line presentation that discussed e-discovery project management in the context of their suite of legal work-flow tools.[1]  Co-presented by Natasha Keitges, Exterro's Senior Director of Business Development, and Pete Warner,[2] a litigation technology specialist at Sandia National Laboratories (an Exterro client),[3] the Web cast discussed how e-discovery project management fits into a company's government, risk, and compliance program and, more specifically, how applying project management processes to the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)[4] can establish key efficiencies, cut costs, and allow legal departments to more effectively monitor the successes and failures of their e-discovery projects.  The presentation...

On Thursday, November 19th, Exterro will Web-cast a one-hour panel presentation of e-discovery experts who will "show why project management is the key to success for every e-discovery undertaking by deconstructing the electronic discovery reference model from a new perspective: Integrated project management." The Web-cast, titled "A Simplified Approach to E-discovery Workflow" is scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m. USA-Pacific Standard Time. For more information and to register, visit the following Web site: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/263821849...

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. The topics covered include:  Defining the Project So All Stakeholders Are on the Same Page Creating a Functional and Effective Project Plan Identifying, Organizing, and Scheduling Tasks Estimating How Long Various Tasks Should Take Setting Realistic Deadlines Keeping Projects on Track Closing Out Projects Including Creating Forms and Checklists for Use in Future Projects Analyzing Lessons Learned To Continually Improve Firm Processes [2]The instructor will be time-management-for-lawyers guru Margaret Spencer...