Legal Process Mapping: will law firms fully embrace change?
Reflecting the way many of their commercial clients operate, an increasing number of law firms are investigating project based techniques…
Agile legal services: overcome objections and become a more productive and innovative law firm
Improved results when managing complex legal cases, it is contended, are most likely to flow if such matters are managed…
Agile case management and value pricing legal solutions
In my last post I explained why Agile case management processes may be particularly applicable for the management of matters…
Worried about managing cost of complex matters when pricing by value? Consider Agile techniques
It is not uncommon to hear lawyers say that, while they like the concept of value pricing, it could not…
Applying Legal Project Management for improving productivity and supporting Alternative Fee Arrangements
Surveys of lawyers at smaller law firms (less than 20 fee earners) in the U.S. by LexisNexis have shown that…
Implementing Legal Project Management: How your current IT systems can help.
It seems that, slowly but surely, an increasing number of law firms in the U.K. are seeking to solve some…
Project Implementation: Start with a good pilot for a better chance of reaching your destination.
I can think of several instances where it would have been really beneficial for a law firm to run a…
Legal Project Management Training for Lawyers: Part 2 – Making a start.
There is an increasingly urgent need for Legal Project Management training (LPM) in the U.K., as more law firms seek…
Legal Project Management Training for Lawyers: Part 1 – Identifying Need and Investigating Some Options
At the recent LETR (Legal Education and Training Review) symposium at Manchester (July 10 and 11, 2012) one of the…
Market Resonators and Blank Pieces of Paper
New market entrants and forward thinking law firms are busy designing and delivering services based on market need rather than…