Legal Project Management Masterclass
Develop essential skills in collaboration, scoping, planning, scheduling, resourcing, and costing so you can improve your practice’s efficiency, stability and growth. For one hour a week over 3 weeks, global leader Therese Linton will share the secrets of 35 years’ experience as a project delivery expert and academic so you can master the management of your legal projects in today’s challenging environment. WEB218N03
Description
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 at 1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)
Wednesday, 1 September 2021 at 1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 at 1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)
On Demand purchases will be available 3 business days after each sessions.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Practice Management across 3 sessions
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
In a competitive market lawyers with LPM skills will be in higher demand as they are more flexible and adaptable to changing client expectations and working conditions. With this 3-part masterclass you will hone these skills so that you can:
- ESTABLISH strategies to get more out of your legal spend
- IMPLEMENT legal project precedents to improve efficiency
- IMPROVE delivery on client expectations
- ENSURE your practice is running efficiently & effectively
- PROMOTE your practice’s growth & stability
The session will be run by Therese Linton a global leader in Legal Project Management and Legal Process Improvement. Over the last decade she has worked with thousands of lawyers to develop the training materials and case studies she will share. She also literally wrote the book on the subject.
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 at 1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)
1.00pm to 2.00pm Part 1: LPM Core Concepts & Matter Scoping
Explore foundation concepts and the first of the core LPM disciplines: Matter Scoping.
- LPM overview
- The Triple Constraint
- Matter scoping
- Deliverables vs activities
- Assumptions, constraints and external factors
- LPM precedents: matter overview and matter structure
Wednesday, 1 September 2021 at 1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)
1.00pm to 2.00pm Part 2: Matter Scheduling & Matter Resourcing
- Project time concepts
- Matter schedules & matter resourcing
- LPM precedents: matter timeline, matter checklist and responsibility assignment matrices
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 at 1.00pm to 2.00pm (AEST)
1.00pm to 2.00pm Part 3: Matter Costing & Matter Monitoring
- Matter costing vs matter pricing
- Monitoring and reporting progress
- Managing variations
- LPM precedents: matter status reports
Presented by Therese Linton, Founder and Principal Consultant, The BASALT Group
Presenters
Therese Linton is a leading global expert in legal project management and actively works with law firms and in-house legal teams to transform their approach to delivering legal outcomes. Over the last decade she has worked with thousands of lawyers to develop ground-breaking Legal Project Management frameworks and introduce innovative ways of working that delights clients, reduces stress, improves work-life balance and leads to better legal outcomes
She is a highly competent project delivery professional and academic with over 25 years’ experience in project management related roles covering the IT, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Legal sectors. For the past 10 years she has been delivering training and developing legal project management competency frameworks for major commercial firms, the Law Society of NSW and the College of Law, delivering successful outcomes through face to face training programs and workshops.
Testimonials
Testimonials from Therese’s other Introduction to LPM workshops:
‘I learnt more in a few hours with Therese than I learnt in 3 days with another leading LPM trainer.’ -Partner, Maddocks
‘Useful and practical ideas for implementing better project management in my legal practice.’ -Senior Associate, Allen & Overy
‘Excellent. Really useful and practical suggestions I can implement.’ -Partner, Finlaysons Lawyers
‘Excellent new grounded way of thinking about scope and costing that all law firm partners (and lawyers) should be exposed to.’ -Partner, Corney and Lind Lawyers
I will be able to put the lessons learned into practice and deliver better outcomes for my firm and my clients. Therese is a very engaging presenter.’ -Partner, McCullough Robertson
‘Very practical session and good structure…Excellent overview of the skills lawyers need to become better project managers of legal matters.’ -Partner, Williams Graham Carmen