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…
5 questions for legal project manager interviews
What questions could – or should – be asked during interviews for legal project managers? How should interviewees begin to…
Structured approaches to operational change in legal services
Identifying, implementing and sustaining operational change in legal services is hard to do. The fact is implementing and sustaining operational…
Working from home effectively: 8 tips from a home working veteran
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many more people than usual in the legal services industry are working from…
Managing distributed legal project teams
Managing distributed legal project teams is not, in my view, that different compared to managing legal project teams where everyone…