LPM is basically still in its infancy and that currently there is a ‘fuzzy’ distinction between what lawyers consider case management, and what lawyers need to change in order to accomplish Legal Project Management. Subtle though it might seem on paper, MacEwan went on to say that the law firms that figure out that distinction and are the first to act and explain the value of LPM will be at a serious competitive advantage over their peer firms.

An excerpt from Greg Lambert’s very interesting writeup of a LexisNexis webinar discussing Legal Project Management – an area of project management that seems poised for tremendous growth in coming years.