7 Tips For Legal Project Research
Law firms and in-house legal departments of all types and sizes become noticeably quieter between mid-July and the start of…
The IILPM’s Legal Project Management Competency Model
Competency models can help individuals develop their career and help organisations resource properly. A good legal project management competency model…
Matter Management Boards for Lawyers
Many lawyers and legal service teams now have some familiarity with the concept Matter Management Boards, a legal service version…
Stakeholder communication: steps towards improvement
Often when phrases such as ‘stakeholder management’, ‘stakeholder engagement’ and ‘stakeholder communication’ are referred to people say, with a barely…
Legal Project Management Software: design for use by legal service clients
Some features of software applications dedicated to assist with legal project management are: Quick creation of legal matter plans, often…
From legal services to legal products
The idea of creating legal products is not new. Just over 20 years ago I worked for a law firm…
Legal Process Automation: 10 tips to help you automate your legal processes
Legal process automation is not new. In some areas of legal practice, most notably the so-called high volume / low…
Freelance Legal Project Managers: development, opportunities and pricing
As the project maturity of the legal sector continues to grow, I think we will inevitably see a greater number…
How to become an adaptive project professional in legal services
The Association for Project Management (APM) has released a short report called The Adaptive Project Professional. This report, which is…
Overcoming resistance to planning legal matters
Planning legal matters properly is essential, but there is often quite a lot of resistance against spending time on matter…