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Overview

Legal services are delivered within an operational context that imposes various constraints – such as (but not limited to) budgets, delivery timeframes, client expectations, resourcing challenges and professional obligations. Legal Project Management (LPM) is the application of project management concepts and skills to the delivery of legal services, in such … For more content click the Read More button below. This course examines the foundational areas of LPM, and provides students with hands-on experience in applying these within practical legal service settings. These areas include: Scoping, planning, pricing and estimating (i.e. ‘matter management’)Teams, leadership and communicationRisk and quality managementProcess optimisation, systems thinking and design thinkingData and legal technologyChange management Aspiring lawyers will gain expertise that make them more 'work-ready', whilst practicing lawyers and legal executives will up-skill in core capabilities that underpin successful legal service delivery.

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9201 or 9225; or enrolment in MNGTUS8625

Course Attributes

Offered irregularly or alternate years

Delivery

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

In-person - Intensive

Please note that the above delivery information is an indication on how this course may be delivered within the year.  Delivery mode(s) for each term can be viewed on other sources such as myUNSW and class timetable site.

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