Legal project management is a key skills area for the successful in-house lawyer. Project management skills are relevant to many job roles but in the legal arena there are unique processes and challenges that also need to be taken into consideration.
Honing project management skills empowers in-house lawyers to handle legal projects with greater efficiency, effectiveness, and strategic alignment, ultimately contributing to the success and competitive advantage of their organisations
Are you fully up to date with the best practices for managing legal projects effectively, to time and budget? This intense masterclass will give you the skills you need to be successful in this area of your role.
Benefits of attending
During this masterclass, the expert trainer will share his knowledge and experience to help you:
- Understand how to agree the scope and objectives of a project
- Develop your skills in understanding the availability of resources
- Consider how to initiate projects and get buy-in from team members
- Gain knowledge of working to timescales and within budgets
- Learn how to monitor progress and communicate that to stakeholders
- Get to grips with paying attention to detail
Certifications:
- CPD: 3 hours for your records
- Certificate of completion
Course Content
Identifying the project, its aims, timescales, budget and delivery targets
- Project aims
- Timescales
- Budget
- Delivery targets
Getting buy-in from your team and communicating with stakeholders
- Identifying the stakeholders
- Levels of engagement
- Capacity and capability to complete a project
- Effective team building and motivation
- Communication skills
Tracking the progress of a project and adjusting the plan if necessary
- Budgets and timescales
- KPI systems
- Reviewing and monitoring projects
Bringing the project to a successful conclusion and learning from the experience
- Identifying potential risks and their potential impact
- Reporting and communicating results
- Evaluating the project
Course Provider
Olivier Corticchiato,
Nestle and Intellectual Property ConsultingOlivier Corticchiato is an independent intellectual property consultant. He combines strong international experiences in leading IP teams for major global companies. He was until recently European Patent Attorney and Head of Centre of Competence – Patent Oppositions at Nestlé, and before that he was at Proctor & Gamble. His speciality areas include patent, IP, IP portfolio, design rights, EPC, European Patent Convention, contracts, confidentiality, oppositions, litigation, valuation, appeal, agreements, R&D, business development, litigation, IP M&A and IP due diligence.
His extensive experience in IP, R&D, consumer understanding and IP M&A, means Olivier is legitimate at operating in the inner circle of IP-Legal, and innovation/R&D, business/marketing.
He acquired the experience of people management in his various R&D and IP positions and attaches importance to shaping organizations to match the business objectives. Developing strategies, sharing and advising organizations in the field of R&D and intellectual property have become his fundamental direction.
He says: "Intellectual Property is not an island of obscure and boring legal rights - Intellectual Property rights are dynamic assets that companies must extract value from, primarily by securing competitive advantage over time".
Who Should Attend
This interactive webinar has been specifically designed for busy in-house and corporate lawyers dealing with multiple projects. The key skills discussed are essential for all lawyers and managers of legal teams who want to support their business by implementing, managing and bringing projects to a successful conclusion, on time and to budget.
