Project Management for Legal Professionals
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This course is designed for legal professionals at all levels who want to develop transferable skills using project management methodologies. It focuses on applying structured planning and coordinated delivery techniques to complex legal tasks - such as cases, transactions, or compliance processes - by viewing them as projects that can benefit from clear planning frameworks and available technology. Proactively structuring business activities with defined objectives from the outset helps legal professionals save time, optimise resources, and improve their chances of successfully achieving their goals.
Delivered over three 2-hour sessions, each session is tailored to specific aspects of legal project management, from scoping and stakeholder management to leveraging technology and driving workflow efficiency.
You can choose to attend the sessions most relevant to your needs or complete the entire series for a comprehensive understanding.
All three sessions
Booking all three sessions automatically provides you with a 15% discount on registration.
Course content
Session 1: Developing Projects and Managing Stakeholders
Tuesday 8 April, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
The first session focuses on defining and structuring projects within the legal context, emphasising how project planning and scoping techniques can streamline objectives, timelines, and deliverables while enhancing stakeholder communication and management:
- Legal Project Planning and Scoping
- Techniques for defining project objectives, timelines, and deliverables specific to legal cases,
such as litigation, mergers and acquisitions, or compliance projects. - Effective Stakeholder Management in Law
- Strategies for managing relationships with clients, partners, and regulatory bodies, including
best practices for communication, expectation setting, and confidentiality
Session 2: Managing Projects and Risk
Tuesday 22 April, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Session two focuses on participant's reflections on applying project management principles, emphasising advanced time management, prioritisation, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance strategies tailored to legal projects:
- Time Management and Prioritisation for Legal Teams
- Tools and methods for handling multiple cases, managing deadlines, and optimising billable
hours while balancing client needs. - Risk Management and Compliance
- Identifying and mitigating risks unique to legal projects, with a focus on ensuring regulatory
compliance and minimising exposure to legal liabilities.
Session 3: Working Efficiently, Software and AI
Tuesday 13 May, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
This last session on focuses on leveraging technology and practical strategies to optimise legal project management, highlighting tools for document management, case tracking, team collaboration, and methods to streamline workflows, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance productivity:
- Leveraging Technology in Legal Project Management
- Overview of project management software and tools tailored to the legal sector, enhancing
document management, case tracking, and team collaboration. - Driving Efficiency in Legal Workflows
- Practical methods to streamline legal processes, reduce bottlenecks, and improve productivity
across legal teams.
Session 1: Developing Projects and Managing Stakeholders
Tuesday 8 April, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Session 2: Managing Projects and Risk
Tuesday 22 April, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Session 3: Working Efficiently, Software and AI
Tuesday 13 May, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
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