Project Management for Lawyers
Why Attend?
With clients increasingly demanding more creative lawyering, the use of project management techniques is a valuable tool for the competitive law office. Project management has been used extensively and successfully for years in corporations, consulting firms, and accounting firms. Project Management for Lawyers covers the basic principles of project management and shows you how to apply them to organize, plan, and monitor a variety of legal projects. Taught by one of the nation's leading experts in organization and time management techniques for lawyers, this practical, must-attend webcast will help improve client service and satisfaction by enhancing clarity and transparency in your communications with clients on how their projects will be managed. Attend this unique webcast to increase predictability, lower costs, reduce time spans, and optimize results in your legal practice!
What You Will Learn
Topics include:
Defining the Project So All Stakeholders Are on the Same Page
Creating a Functional and Effective Project Plan
Identifying, Organizing, and Scheduling Tasks
Estimating How Long Various Tasks Should Take
Setting Realistic Deadlines
Keeping Projects on Track
Closing Out Projects Including Creating Forms and Checklists for Use in Future Projects
Analyzing Lessons Learned To Continually Improve Firm Processes
This interactive seminar gives you the opportunity to submit questions in advance and/or during the program for discussion by the instructor.
Who Should Attend
This webcast is intended for lawyers and other legal professionals who want to improve their project management skills so they can be more effective and productive in their legal work. Project management is particularly useful for leaders (and future leaders) of multi-person project teams who strive to provide exceptional service to both internal and external clients.
Planning Chair
Meg Spencer Dixon is a consultant specializing in organization and time management seminars for lawyers and legal professionals. Ms. Dixon came to the field of organization and time management by way of a career in law, during which she practiced in the litigation and energy groups of Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C. She received her undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University in 1982 and law degree from Stanford Law School in 1985. In 1992, Ms. Dixon founded Spencer Consulting, and since then has been customizing and conducting seminars and providing one-on-one consulting/coaching on many aspects of organization and time management and related subjects such as project management, stress management, overcoming procrastination, conquering e-mail overload, and how to run effective meetings. She has presented seminars for lawyers and other legal professionals at over 135 law firms, associations, CLE providers, government agencies, corporate law departments, universities, and law schools.
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.0; total 50-minute hours: 2.4
Please note: Not all MCLE states (including IN, KS, NC, TX, and VA) will accredit this program. Please consult the Mandatory CLE information provided before the webcast to confirm that your state will approve it for credit.
Here's what registrants have said about this course:
"Loved the tie to exceptional client service to external and internal clients, and how to help attorneys provide services in a way that gets the bills paid."
"Great presentation."
"Excellent presenter with a wealth of knowledge."
"Very informative and full of useful tips."
"Really liked the handouts and template examples."
"The workshop was great. It was really helpful and informative."
Times
Eastern 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Central 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Mountain 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Pacific 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Alaska 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Hawaii 7:00 am – 9:00 am
