Snap survey results: law firm information professionals and project management
There is a lot of interest in project management by law firm information professionals (i.e professionals working in law firm…
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…
How project management can help develop lawyers’ leadership skills
I received a thoughtful enquiry about legal project management (LPM) training recently from a young lawyer. She had done some…
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…
Pricing legal services with purpose and confidence
Process improvement, productivity gains, pricing strategies and project based legal service delivery: responses by legal service providers to the competitive…
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, Pricing and Alternative Fee Arrangements: A Book Review
This book, as titled above, is written by Jim Hassett, founder of the LegalBizDev consultancy. Jim has provided consultancy services…
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…