The New World of Legal Work – Comments on Jordan Furlong Report
Jordan Furlong of Law21 has written a new and provocative study, The New World of Legal Work: The Changing Rules of The 21st Century. It was commissioned by LOD, formerly known as Lawyers on Demand, which is affiliated with UK law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner>. I comment briefly on the report here....
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
Top 10 Ingredients to Embed Legal Project Management Successfully in Law Firms
Legal project management (LPM) may be the fastest growing BigLaw trend. Fast growing, however, does not mean easy. To help with the journey to adopt LPM, Michelle Mahoney has assembled, at the ILTA Blog, practical tips from multiple experts. Below, I offer my Top 10 ingredients to embed project management...
Ron Friedmann,
12 years ago
2 min read
InnovAction 2012 Awards Highlight Legal Project Management and Process Improvement
The College of Law Practice Management announced this week the winners of the 2012 InnovAction Awards. (I am a COLPM trustee.) InnovAction honors innovation in law practice management. This year, two law firms were honored, quoting from the College’s awards page: “Littler was selected for...
Ron Friedmann,
13 years ago
2 min read
Legal Project Management (LPM) – Interesting New Software from ERM Legal Solutions
Some lawyers still resist legal project management (LPM). An earlier generation thought they could ignore e-mail. I view LPM like e-mail: inevitable for both inside and outside counsel. In this post, I discuss an intriguing LPM tool. At Legal Tech last week, I met with...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
3 min read
Open Letter to General Counsels: Five Imperatives for 2012
Dear General Counsel: You face ever-increasing pressure to control and predict cost. Here are steps I suggest you take to accomplish this: 1. DETERMINE WHAT PROBLEM YOU NEED TO SOLVE Are you trying to reduce risk? Reduce cost? Improve service to your internal clients? Gain...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
3 min read
Legal Project Management (LPM) Survey Shows Fast Uptake, Some Doubt
A group of large law firm knowledge management professionals of which I am a part recently conducted a survey of legal project management (LPM). Thirty firms participated; here are highlights I found interesting and some comments. In 2010, only 40% of the firms had started...
Ron Friedmann,
14 years ago
3 min read
Legal Project Management (LPM) Overview [Live Blog Post]
This is a live post from a private large law firm practice management meeting. This session is “Legal Project Management (LPM) Overview: Consultants Who Train Lawyers in LPM” presented by Susan Lambreth of Hildebrandt Baker Robins. Definition: a pro-active, disciplined approach to managing legal matters....
Ron Friedmann,
15 years ago
3 min read
The Rise of Legal Project Management
Legal project management (LPM) seems to be making major inroads into the profession. Back in April, the legal press carried two reports of interest. First, McCarthys’ project management plan in Financial Post (14 April 2010) reports that Canadian firm “McCarthy Tetrault is launching a technology...
Ron Friedmann,
16 years ago
3 min read
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