Legal Project Managers and Lawyers – parity of pay and status?
Should senior legal project managers have parity in terms of pay and status with senior associates? Many legal project managers…
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…
Legal matter definition: structure and stories
If legal matters are not defined properly, then any subsequent attempts to plan and manage them are doomed to fail.…
Reflective solicitors recognising project management skills
As part of the new professional competence regime for solicitors, founded on the premise of self-evaluation and self-assessment, the Solicitors…
How to get legal teams working better on matters.
How to get legal teams working better on matters? This is one of the questions I get asked most often…
Why its called legal project management
I have read a few comments on social media recently where it has been said there is nothing so special…
In praise of quick fixes (and sticking plaster)
Sometimes it is better for legal teams to apply quick fixes to service delivery problems than defaulting to deep-dive analysis…
Ten sought after skills for legal project managers.
What skills and attributes are most sought after of legal project managers given current market trends? Legal project manager roles…
Uber-model for legal services?
Some commentators have been asking whether law firms and other legal service organisations should adopt an Uber-like model for legal…
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…