Millennial Lawyers: disruptors from within?
‘Millennials’, otherwise known as ‘Generation Y’, is the demographic label given to people born between 1982 – 2004. At the…
Feedback and review from legal project management training
Everyone seems to agree in principle that it is good practice to hold project reviews, although it also seems relatively…
SRA: Project Management is a core competence for solicitors
According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) project management is a core competence of solicitors. This is set-out in its…
Improving solicitors’ project management competence by activity based learning
According to a survey on the web site of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), 40% of solicitors intend to adopt…
Still need to convince senior management about LPM?
People usually leave my training courses and seminars convinced, and enthused, about the merits of legal project management (LPM). Unfortunately…
Adversity breeding invention: opportunities to do more than practise law
There is much doom and gloom in the English legal profession right now. The current market is clearly very difficult…
Are civil litigation solicitors ready for cost budget estimates, form H and case management?
There seemed to be an air of unease in a room full of young litigators recently. The occasion was a seminar about…
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…
Would a market driven approach to lawyer training include legal project management?
The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) has identified project management as being one of the “‘Missing’ skills, knowledge, behaviours and…