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Practice and Firm Management

What Is Legal Project Management?

Applying project management methods, such as scoping, budgeting, staffing and tracking, to legal matters.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Legal project management makes fixed and capped fees workable and helps keep matters on budget. Software support ranges from matter budgets in practice management tools to dedicated planning platforms.

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Related Terms

Matter management
Tracking each legal matter, its people, documents, deadlines, budget and status, in a law firm or legal department.
Legal budget
A legal department's plan for internal costs, outside counsel and technology over a year, often broken down by matter or business unit.
AFA (alternative fee arrangement)
Any way of pricing legal work other than the billable hour, such as flat fees, capped fees, success fees or subscriptions.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.