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"Legal Project Management - Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks and Maintain Sanity"

This post was written by Andrew Terrett: "Legal Project Management - Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks and Maintain Sanity" by Steven Levy. Daypack Books, Seattle WA, 2009. Price: US$29.95  ISBN: 1449928641

"Steven Levy's book marries project management with legal practice. This is a useful practical guide on how lawyers can get started."

The nature of legal services is changing. Indeed barely a week passes without another article in the legal press about Alternative Fee Arrangements and the death of the billable hour. Consequently the need for better Project Management has become a hot topic within law firm practice management circles. It is perceived by many as part of the solution in driving greater efficiencies in the face of shrinking legal budgets and ever louder calls for cost controls from General Counsel and CEO's. On the face of it, project management seems to be a great fit with its promise of on-time and on-budget delivery. But can it work in law firms and in-house legal departments? This book is the first to tackle that question thus the timing of this book could not be better..."

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Source: Slaw.ca, 9 February 2010. Reproduced with permission of Simon Fodden, founder of Slaw.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).