Welcome to the PMI Legal Project Management Community of Practice

The Legal Project Management Community of Practice provides access to practitioners who have a shared interest in promoting project management in the legal world. The community develops and disseminates consistent standards of project management terminology and practices, promotes the economic value of legal project management, and provides opportunities to shape its future.

Join community members in this dynamic and collaborative environment to examine topics such as:

The role of project management in legal and legal-support work.
Established processes, tools and methodologies used by law firms, corporate legal departments and litigation-support vendors.
The relationship between project management in the legal field and in other industries, interests or knowledge areas.
International perspectives on legal project management.
Agile, PMOs, project management in small-firm practices and legal project management philosophies and standards.
Specific practice area content, such as mergers and acquisitions, patent litigation and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations.

Council Leader: Paul Easton

What You're Missing:

Spotlight

14 May 2012
OPAL Now Live! First LPM Templates Available for Feedback

The first phase of LPM templates are now available to view and download from the OPA Library folder in Shared Documents. Please provide your feedback on the documents in the discussions forum. Kudos to community volunteer Shaun Plant for getting this program to take root and bear fruit.

Community Announcements

	May14	Can you define these terms? Contribute to the LPM Wiktionary Project 2 days ago by Paul C. Easton
	An exciting project recently launched by the Legal Project Management Community of Practice is theLegal Project Management Wiktionary. The dictionary is in its infancy and ready to grow with your contributions. In particular, we are looking for your contributions in defining twenty project management and legal terms.

Featured Blog Posts

LPM in Spain: An Interview with Anna Marra
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 with 0 Comments
LPM 2012 and Beyond: LPM Grows Up
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 with 0 Comments
Avoiding Redundant Project-Management Costs in Electronic-Discovery Projects
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 with 0 Comments
Effectively Leveraging Global Legal Teams
Thursday, June 30, 2011 with 0 Comments
What’s different about LEGAL project management?
Thursday, April 14, 2011 with 2 Comments
Cost Estimates and LPM
Thursday, February 24, 2011 with 0 Comments
LPM for Paralegals and Litigation Support Personnel
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 with 0 Comments
LPM Tips - Using Mind-Mapping Software for Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
Sunday, January 30, 2011 with 2 Comments
Transitioning from Document Review to E-discovery Project Management
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 with 0 Comments
Past the Introduction—An Interview With Steven Levy
Thursday, October 21, 2010 with 1 Comments

PMI Announcements

		Register Now 3/19/2012 3:10:00 PM by Project Management Institute
	Participate in the PMI Research and Education Conference 2012, 15-18 July, Limerick, Ireland. Registration is now open.

Featured Events

May29 5/29/2012 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Implementing a Legal Project Management Office

Webinar (map)

The key to improved client relationships is collaboration and continued communication.Legal Project Management provides a systematic method for incorporating these principles into daily practice.The implementation of an LPM program can yield short term and long term benefits to the law firm and law department.In addition to improved communication, the most significant of these benefits is the reduction of write offs and write downs and operating within the constraints of a fixed fee.This w...

Jun4 6/4/2012 - 6/6/2012 PMI Houston Conference & Expo 2012

Hyatt Regency Hotel - Downtown Houston, TX (map)

PMI Houston Conference & Expo 2012 Heads up, project managers and potential project managers! You can now register to attend our annual PMI Houston Conference & Expo, June 4 – 6, 2012, in downtown Houston, TX. Attendance for our conference grows each year, so don’t delay securing your spot at this excellent educational event for mid-to-upper managers, project managers, project coordinators, program managers, business analysts, and team leaders. Sign up here now: http://www...

Community Benefits and Highlights

PMI members can enjoy access to the communities of practice and all that they offer:

Worldwide networking and collaboration
Exchange of solutions, experiences and ideas
PDU-earning professional development
Access to shared documents
Best practices to advance the profession

Already a Member? Login

Not a Member Yet? Join Now

If you have any questions, please contact us at vcpsupport@pmi.org

Recent Community Activity

stakeholder (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

resource leveling (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

risk register (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

project lifecycle (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

milestone (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

lessons learned (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

letter of intent (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

interrogatory (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

gantt chart (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago

fixed fee (Wiki) by PAUL EASTON
2 days ago