Encouragement and practical tips for people suffering from bullying in legal services
Some people need to get away on holiday more than others - because they are subject to workplace bullying. Earlier…
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…
Change in legal services: how to start and keep going
Everyone I have met recently in the legal services industry agrees about the need for change. Most are taking steps…
Tips and tools for good legal costs services.
The purpose of the recent second edition of the Legal Ombudsman’s Guidance on Good Costs Practice is to encourage solicitors…
4-Steps for developing senior lawyer vision of legal project management
As noted in my last post, many practising lawyers are wary of ceding operational control of matters to legal project…
Why practising lawyers should cede more operational control to legal project managers
The recent survey conducted by the International Institute of Legal Project Management (IILPM) confirms that practising lawyers are wary of…
What should we expect of legal project managers?
Legal Project Management (LPM) is a well-established discipline and the role of legal project manager is an attractive career option…
The Strategy Gap
It is taken as given that law firms need a well-defined business strategy to succeed. But how many firms implement…
Here are the key challenges facing legal project managers
What are the key challenges facing legal project managers? How do these challenges impact on their day-to-day working practices? What…
IILPM 4-Phase Legal Project Management Framework
Many lawyers tell me that although they have done some project management activity as part of their work, they have…