Project Management and LPM - Landscape Overview

Project management in legal practice applies structured methods, including defining scope, planning, tracking tasks and deadlines, managing budgets, and reporting on progress, to the delivery and organization of legal work. It encompasses two related but distinct disciplines: Legal Project Management (LPM), which focuses externally on delivering legal services to clients with greater predictability and transparency, and Project Management for Lawyers, which focuses internally on helping legal teams organize their day-to-day work and reduce the risk of tasks slipping through the cracks.