Strong project management skills are now essential for every modern lawyer - whether in private practice or inhouse. Legal Project Management (LPM) goes far beyond simply helping lawyers organise their work efficiently and control costs. It ensures they deeply understand client objectives, aligning their work with those goals, delivering on time and on budget, and clearly articulating the value of their work.

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Increasingly, clients expect their lawyers to ‘walk the walk’ when it comes to LPM. This includes inhouse lawyers supporting internal stakeholders who already rely on proven project management practices in their own roles.

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Lawyers who fail to embrace LPM risk missing out on substantial opportunities to build trust, demonstrate value, and secure client loyalty. However, armed with new ways of thinking and working lawyers are better able to:

• Clearly define what clients truly want and need

• Plan how to deliver the work within the right budget and timeframe

• Deploy the best mix of resources for the job

• Monitor progress and costs, and provide meaningful, transparent updates

• Deliver exactly what was promised - on time and on budget

• Demonstrate the value of the work to clients at every stage

• invoice promptly and collect fees efficiently

• Reduce write-offs and avoid tough client conversations

• Capture lessons learned and reuse them for future matters

• Identify opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell, making clients eager to work with you again

 

In conjunction with Kinch Robinson, we have developed an LPM approach which captures up-to-date methods and techniques adopted by leading law firms, in-house teams and other professionals. Delivered through rigorous practical training we help lawyers from all disciplines deliver services using a consistent methodology that captures all the benefits of LPM Best Practice.