Legal project management (LPM) is the defining, planning, executing and evaluating of legal matters to meet the client’s and firm’s desired objectives and expectations. It is a proactive, disciplined approach to managing existing work to enhance the likelihood of meeting client and firm expectations. A major theme throughout all the phases of legal project management is greater communication with the client’s key contacts and with the project team within the law firm. A firm will improve predictability and profitability with effective LPM.

Articles

• The Benefits of Legal Project Management and Advanced Budgeting (February 2014, Inside Counsel)
• Chicago Law Firm Seyfarth Shaw Embraces Technology (May 2014, Chicago Tribune)
• The Eureka Moment: How Six Law Firms Learned to Love Legal Project Management (2012, LTN)
• How Legal Project Management is Changing the Way Services are Marketed (2013, BNA)
• Lean and Agile: Use LPM to Transform Client Services (April 2013, Managing Partner)
• Legal Project Management from the Inside (August 2011, ABA LPT)
• Legal Project Management: It’s Just Not That Hard (June 2011, Lawyerist.com)
• National Law Firms Vie for Project Management Chiefs (February 2014, Financial Post)

Blogs

• 3 Geeks and a Blog: READ
• Above and Beyond KM (by V Mary Abraham): READ
• At The Intersection (by Pam Woldow): READ
• Corcoran’s Buisness of Law (by Tim Corcoran): READ
• Legal Mosaic (by Mark Cohen): READ
• Legal Project Management (by Antony Smith): READ
• Legal Project Management (by Paul Easton): READ

Books

• Legal Project Management by Steven Levy (December 2009): MORE
• Legal Project Management Quick Reference Guide by Jim Hassett (May 2013): MORE
• The Power of Legal Project Management by Susan Rairdon Lambreth and David A. Rueff (2014, ABA): MORE
• Smarter Pricing, Smarter Profit by Stuart J.T. Dodds (2014, ABA): MORE

Presentations

• Introduction to Legal Project Management (October 2011, AALL): MORE
• Legal Project Management: Keys to Success (January 2011, NYC Bar)
• Legal Project Management Initiatives: A Strategic Approach (Altman Weil): MORE
• Legal Project Management Showcase & Workshop (March 2013, Ark Group)
• Legal Project Management Showcase & Workshop (May 2013, Ark Group)
• Legal Project Management Showcase & Workshop (May 2o14, Ark Group)
• Legal Project Management Webinar (November 2012, Ark Group)
• Project Management for In-House Lawyers 2014 (PLI)
• Project Management for Lawyers 2014 (June 2014, LawVision Group): MORE
• Trends and Developments in Legal Project Management (PLI)

Publications

• Implementing Legal Project Management (2010, Edge International): READ
• Innovations in Legal Project Management (2018, Edge International): READ
• Legal Project Managment: Transforming Legal Services (2011, LawVision Group): READ
• Organizational Project Management for Law Firms (March 2013, Thomson Reuters): READ

Xtra Resources

• Altman Weil: MORE
• Association of Corporate Counsel
  • Legal Project Management Toolkit: READ
  • Project Management for In-House Counsel: MORE
• Edge International: MORE
• Georgetown LMP Course: MORE
• LawVision Group: MORE
• LawVision Legal Project Management Roundtable: MORE
• Legal BizDev’s Legal Project Management: MORE
• Legal Project Management App: MORE
• Legal Project Management Institute: MORE
• Legal Sector Transformation: MORE
• Lexican’s LPM Training: MORE
• OLP LPM Course: MORE
• PMI Legal Project Management Community: MORE