ONLINE PROGRAM LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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1 ONLINE PROGRAM LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT Unusual situations demand exceptional professionals

2 PROGRAM LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT April 2015 type of Program Online format Online Language English dates April 2015 duration 4 weeks Academic director Anna Marra, Italian Lawyer Project Manager & Consultant

3 ONLINE PROGRAMs IE on-line education is a pioneer in its field with more than 10 years experience, success, and international recognition. the Economist Intelligence Unit. The online programs offer the participants the opportunity to continue with their studies without this interfering in their professional schedules and family duties. Each online program has a total duration of 4 weeks. The contents of the course are analyzed through a series of practical cases which the students discuss in forums and online videoconferences under the guidance of the Program Director. This combination of online videoconference sessions and discussion forums guarantees the quality and excellence offered by all IE Law School - Executive Education Programs. Network reconciliation SaviNg Flexibility ExcHANGE YOUR WORk ExPERIENcEs ANd ExPANd YOUR PROfEssIONAL NEtWORk BEtWEEN WORk time & study time save travel ExPENsEs ANd time choose to PARtIcIPAtE WHEN It Is MOst suitable for YOU discussion forums: Participants can access the discussion forums at any time they wish, through our virtual campus. The topics analyzed are based on real legal cases and simulations. The discussion forums allow students to make written contributions and share their concerns with the professor and other participants. The main benefit of the forums is to promote a highly reflective and analytical debate. ONLINE VIdEOcONfERENcE sessions: During the program there are four face to face videoconference sessions. These sessions allow students and professors to participate and interact in real time. Sessions consist of a mixture of case discussions and theoretical lectures. AdVANtAGEs Of the ONLINE PROGRAMs IE Law School - Executive Education online training programs offer participants the opportunity to further their studies without interrupting their work schedule. Students can connect to the program from wherever they are they only need high speed Internet access. technology YOU WILL UsE communication tools that ARE EssENtIAL to MOdERN BUsINEss PRActIcE MEtHOdOLOGY for IE LAW school ExEcUtIVE EdUcAtION ON-LINE PROGRAMs During the program, students must log in every day and do the following: Actively participate in the courses activities. Study multimedia materials. Participate in practical case studies. Be part of asynchronous discussion forums with the professor and other students. Participate in face to face videoconferences. Professors provide continuous feedback throughout the program, answering questions, clearing doubts and channeling information.

4 ONLINE PROGRAMs LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT THE CHALLENGE OF MODERN ADVOCACY Lawyers of firms and legal departments of business services, as well as legal professionals who work in other related environments - such as Justice Courts or Governments - face problems and opportunities every day, that are common to other sectors. For example: how to effectively manage deadlines, costs, risk, communications, stakeholders, customers and project teams. Legal Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills and tools of project management to the peculiarities of the legal sector. The successful experiences of large firms in the US, Canada and UK show that managing legal matters as projects allows law firms and legal departments to reach higher levels of efficiency, quality and reliability than according to traditional management. In the last decades, strategic project management has been successfully applied in the fields of construction, engineering, manufacturing, finance and new technologies in order to achieve business goals, trying to constantly manage the golden triangle (scope, time and cost). But traditional academic law education is not focused yet on taking advantage of project management knowledge and tools, or in developing soft project management skills such as leadership, communication, negotiation and conflict resolution, or direction of teams all of which are strategic to work more efficiently and with more alignment to clients needs. Acquiring this knowledge and skills is key to the future of the legal profession. In a highly competitive environment, Legal Project Management is going to be an invaluable strategic and organizational tool for large, medium and small law firms, and a very rational and productive work approach for legal departments, agencies and courts.

5 ONLINE PROGRAMs LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT WHAt Is LEGAL PROJEct MANAGEMENt (LPM)? Legal Project Management is an innovative approach that allows lawyers to work with a comprehensive control over scope, time and cost from start to closing, increasing service efficiency and profitability. The goal is to meet clients expectations and to offer them specific, measurable, and realistic value by optimizing the allocation and use of resources, while enhancing the quality of service. LPM manages cases in their basic dimensions: strategic, legal and organizational. WHY A change Of APPROAcH? BEcAUsE The legal market has changed. Law firms are not competing just in quality, but in time and cost of the service. Legal departments are operating in the market as new competitors to law firms and they are adopting new criteria to externalize mandates, striking the right balance between inside and outside legal services and identifying the best service delivery model for each. Legal departments need to stop being cost centers to become profit centers and support the business goals. In-house as well as law firm lawyers need to work more efficiently in a context of limited resources. The clients expectations and needs have changed, which demands adjusting the way we answer them. We need to stay ahead of the changes that are occurring. WHAt ARE the AdVANtAGEs? LPM... Aligns law practice to the strategy and culture of law firms and companies. Aligns law practice with the client s business. Increases the predictability of costs and fees. Improves time management, by scheduling and sequencing activities. Improves resources management, by assigning responsibilities, tasks and timing. Increases profitability. Minimizes or eliminates the impact of risks or probability. Reduces the level of uncertainty and improves the management of change. Delivers greater value to clients and improves communication by generating more trust and satisfaction. Improves control and monitoring processes. Avoids waste of resources. Improves the work environment. ANALYZING the NEEd for LEGAL PROJEct MANAGEMENt 1. INADEQUATE TRADITIONAL TRAINING Law Universities and Legal Practice Schools have been traditionally preparing their students to practice as lawyers, surely as good lawyers, but just lawyers. Academic education has been much more focused on defining WHAT to do, instead of on HOW to do it. On the other hand, the legal market is demanding a more specialized professional profile which requires legal and management skills. For this reason, it is evident that traditional education needs to be integrated with project management training. 2. GAINING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE The high quality of professional services is not considered a key competitive advantage in the legal sector anymore. Quality is just a sine qua non, but not a differentiating factor in a market that continuously changes and evolves towards new goals, such as efficiency in the service and more collaborative relations with the clients. Legal Project Management is a new approach that allows law firms and in-house lawyers to reach these different goals and to adopt realistic and effective solutions aligned to the clients expectations and needs, according to the market changes. LEGAL PROJEct MANAGEMENt ONLINE - PROGRAM GOALs The LPM Online Program is tailored to meet the following goals: Introduce participants to LPM basic knowledge, techniques and tools according to the Project Management Institute s PMBOk (Project Management Body of Knowledge), through both theoretical and practical cases about planning, executing and controlling a legal project. develop an open discussion on both predictive and agile management approaches to legal mandates. Explore Legal Project Manager s soft skills such as leadership and team management, negotiation, conflict resolution and communication.

6 IE LAW SCHOOL program CONTENT IE Law School Executive Education offers first class training in the legal field, creating a unique forum for the legal environment. It has a wide range of programs and activities that include all areas of the law, and allow executive students to learn either from a general perspective, or to become educated in the specializations of their choice. Its prestigious and carefully selected faculty is involved in all areas of knowledge, and with a highly practical approach is able to convey the best learning experience, resulting in a direct impact on students careers. 4 Webinars/ 1 HOur 30 MInutes each - Webinar 1 - Introduction to LPM - Webinar 2 Scope, stakeholders and human resources management - Webinar 3 - Costs and time management - Webinar 4 - Communications and risk management 4 active Forums - Forum 1 - Soft skills of the Legal Project Manager - Forum 2 - Triple constraint: scope, cost and time - Forum 3 About the client and management of other project stakeholders - Forum 4 - Leadership and team direction in legal projects Evaluation of Participants closure

7 IE LAW school EXECUTIVE EDUCATION IE Law School offers programs for professionals in the legal sector, based on academic excellence and innovation. Our programs GENERAL INFORMATION details date: From April 7 th to May 3 rd time & duration: 4 weeks REGIstRAtION The completion of the registration can be made: By phone at / By mail, send your details to: [email protected] unite world-class leaders in the International legal market. Participants share their knowledge and have the opportunity to discuss solutions to the current ENROLLMENt The price of Online Programs is including sessions, forums and documentation. Special rates are available for IE Alumni, members of IE Alumni Association, groups of executives attending from the same organization / law firm, executives registering for more than one program and early-bird enrollments. Through our online newsletter registration available on our website: (*) Registration will take place in strict order of application. contact Laura strazzaboschi - Program Manager [email protected] Phone: and pressing problems in the legal sector. PROGRAM MAtERIALs All attendees will receive didactic material used throughout the program, that will help to support the explanations of the professors. IE Law school Executive Education [email protected] Phone: / calle castellón de la Plana, Madrid Follow us:

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