Modern Principles in Managing Legal Projects

Program Days:

May 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 2025
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM on all dates

PROGRAM FORMAT
Delivered online via live virtual interactive sessions in Zoom

PROGRAM FEE
PHP 25,990.00 or USD 473.00*
* The prevailing exchange rate at the date of payment may apply.

Programs Offered Under the Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Innovation and Management.

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Program Overview

In today’s rapidly evolving legal landscape, the traditional methods of managing legal matters are becoming increasingly complex. Lawyers and legal teams are often faced with complicated cases and conflicting urgent client requirements that require meticulous planning, coordination, and execution. The sheer volume of tasks, coupled with the demand for timely and effective legal services, has highlighted the pressing need for a structured approach to legal project management. Without a systematic framework, legal professionals risk inefficiencies, miscommunications, and potential oversights, all of which can compromise the quality of service and client satisfaction.

The comprehensive content of this program addresses this widening and critical gap in legal practice. As legal matters become more multifaceted and interdisciplinary, there’s a growing demand for lawyers to integrate project management principles into their practices. Participants will learn how to apply project management concepts, tools, and techniques to legal matters, including scoping, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder management, and effective communication. They will also learn how to use legal project management software and systems and other technologies to improve collaboration, productivity, and client satisfaction.

The various modules will help legal professionals not only streamline operations but also ensure that every legal project is executed with precision, excellence, transparency, and accountability. By adopting these methodologies, lawyers can elevate their service delivery, meet client expectations consistently, and navigate the complexities of modern legal challenges with confidence and expertise. This course introduces participants to the principles and practices of legal project management, a framework that helps lawyers and legal teams plan, execute, and deliver legal services more effectively and efficiently.

Through a combination of interactive sessions, case studies, group discussions, and lectures from subject matter experts, the Course aims to teach new ways of handling legal projects, including legal operations, to forever change the way lawyers handle legal matters.

Program Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be able to

Understand the basic principles and benefits of project management and assess how these can be translated in legal matters
Plan, execute, and deliver legal matters using project management techniques;
Develop skills in scoping, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and communication that are immediately implementable in legal project management; and
Explore legal project management software and other technologies and evaluate how these can enhance legal service delivery in their respective organizations.

What You Will Learn

Project Management principles
Legal Operations
Legal Process Outsourcing

DAY 1:

Introduction to Legal Project Management
Traditional and Modern approaches to Legal Project Management

DAY 2:

Project Management Principles
Application of the principles in legal service delivery

DAY 3:

Legal Project Initiation and Planning
Legal Project Delivery & Monitoring

DAY 4:

Legal Operations
Legal Process Outsourcing
Legal Project Management Software and Technology

DAY 5:

Integrating Legal Project Management in the Organization
Developing a culture on Legal Project Management and understanding the future of legal services

Key Benefits

Learn from a set of interdisciplinary subject matter experts and who have first-hand experiences in innovation, project management, and the legal profession
Acquire the knowledge and skills needed to innovate the handling of legal matters using project management principles
Gain new insights technologies that assist in legal project management
Build a network of like-minded legal professionals that share the same passion for innovation

Who Should Attend

Primary Market: Lawyers / Legal Professionals, Paralegals.
Secondary market: Individuals providing support to legal professionals in different settings, government employees providing legal and allied services, software developers intending to develop legal project management softwares.