ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- One hour of Professionalism credit and general Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is available for attorneys who participate in a new workshop on Legal Project Management. The workshops will be conducted for in-house lawyers and general counsel interested in improving the delivery of legal services through the use of project management.
Representatives from Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP will coordinate the workshops and provide an in-depth look into project management as a means of delivering legal services on time and on budget, and enhancing the professionalism within the attorney-client relationship.
The workshops focus on the efficiencies obtained by using project management in performing legal services in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, litigation and dispute resolution, and patent and intellectual property prosecution. In addition, case studies where legal project management has been used to improve communications, efficiency and transparency in the delivery of legal services by in-house and outside legal counsel will also be examined.
Topics to be covered in the workshops include:
-- What is legal project management?
-- How to use project management in delivering legal services
-- How project management can be used to increase efficiency
and control costs in managing legal projects
-- The 10 steps to adopting and implementing legal project management
-- Using legal project management - case studies
Speakers on legal project management will include:
-- Grant Collingsworth - Partner and co-inventor of the firm's
patent-pending Legal Project Management System
-- John Harris - Partner, IP/Patent Group
-- Don Loft - Partner, Litigation Group
-- Linda Klausing - Project Management Director and former project
manager at Home Depot, Georgia-Pacific and CheckFree
Seminar attendees will receive project management documentation and templates, including sample project plans, intake questionnaires of best practices, and sample status reports.
For more information or to schedule a seminar, please contact Linda Klausing at (404) 504-5464.