Legal Project Management

Our project management team can confidently offer services designed to assist solo attorneys and law firms stay on top of their workload. We have a team of experienced project managers who can assist you every step of the way, from planning and organizing to executing and delivering your projects on time and within budget.

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Legal project management is a game-changer for law firms. By applying the principles of project management, legal project managers help lawyers manage legal matters and projects more efficiently, while providing clients with more predictability around cost and experience. With proactive planning, risk management, budgeting, and resource allocation, legal managers create more consistency for lawyers around law firm processes.

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Proper project management processes also ensure projects are implemented, monitored, and adjusted according to pre-determined plans:

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• Set the scope. The first step is to define the goals, scope, and deadlines of a given legal matter.

• Plan the project. Next, a matter’s timeline, budget, and staffing parameters must be planned for and set to meet the scope and goals.

• Execute the plan. Carry out the matter by following the plan.

• Review and revise. Once complete, assess the project results, and  adjust the process if needed.

 

While legal project managers don’t necessarily need to be lawyers, familiarity with legal processes is needed for a project manager specific to the legal practice area. With this in mind, project managers who also take on the role of a paralegal, virtual legal assistant, or have a similar legal-specific background could have sufficient legal expertise and commercial knowledge (for example, a familiarity with the pricing of legal services) to succeed.