Legal Project Manager
A legal project manager applies project management methodologies to legal matters, ensuring cases and transactions are completed on time, within budget, and to client expectations.
As clients demand greater predictability in legal costs and timelines, law firms are turning to legal project management to deliver results more efficiently. A legal project manager brings structure and accountability to matter workflows, tracking milestones, budgets, and resource allocation across your active caseload.
Legal project managers bridge the gap between attorneys focused on substantive work and firm leadership focused on profitability and client satisfaction. They facilitate matter planning sessions, monitor work-in-progress against budgets, and flag risks before they become problems.
DocketHire's legal project managers combine project management credentials with legal industry experience. They implement tools and processes that give your firm visibility into matter status, improve team collaboration, and create the kind of operational discipline that wins repeat business from sophisticated clients.
Key Tasks
- Develop matter plans with milestones, timelines, and budget estimates
- Track work-in-progress against matter budgets and fee arrangements
- Facilitate matter kick-off meetings and status reviews with attorneys
- Create and maintain project schedules using legal PM software
- Monitor deadlines and coordinate task assignments across teams
- Prepare client-facing status reports and budget updates
- Identify risks and escalate issues to responsible attorneys
- Implement process improvements and standardized matter workflows
- Coordinate with outside counsel, experts, and third-party vendors
- Analyze matter data to improve future budgeting and scoping accuracy
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