Calendaring Drafting Project Management 
Paralegal Bootcamp
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Paralegals can bring immense value to their firms when they adopt the mindset and habits of a project manager. Each case is, in fact, a project, with its own set of stakeholders, goals, and constraints. Checklists for seemingly simple tasks (motion drafting, e-filing, calendaring deadlines, etc.)
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Project management tools can help lawyers with ongoing, chaotic, unpredictable workflows. Over the years, predictions have proliferated, with many anticipating that these product managers would come to replace project managers. An Accidental Project Manager. Project Management Tools.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
AUGUST 25, 2021
Being OCD about your methodology is also a way to know when something is wrong early on in a project. For example, suppose you have a methodology in which you always put your initials in the upper right corner of pleadings that you’ve seen and calendared the deadlines. Call ABC client for draft interrogatory responses to #’s 2, 3, 4.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
That you generally manifest your thoughts and vision while “drafting” (and today, most attorneys draft by typing) does not equal attorneys being responsible for completing all the keyboarding necessary to operate a firm. Let’s not forget that drafting is a billable task while admin work is not.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
I’m not an office organization guru or project management pro (for help with that, check in with Andrea Cannavina on controlling chaos and Karen Dunn Skinner and David Skinner ). Create a master list: Check your calendar. What’s left is a list of projects and tasks you must get done, or start, in short order.
Paralegal Bootcamp
AUGUST 5, 2022
I would then calendar (1) a quick meeting with my attorney and run down the consolidated list all at once. I looked toward our transactional work and learned to draft and file deed transfers (for starters). Now that I am the Paralegal Manager, what else do I do outside of work today ? I taught myself our work in Florida.
Paralegal Bootcamp
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Sometimes she even managed document review teams of 10 or 20 other people. But she had NO experience drafting motions or pleadings, NO experience interacting with clients, and NO experience getting ready for trial. Put it on your calendar, though. Then put another date on your calendar, let’s say in 60 days.
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