Skill

legalcode-legal-project-management

Structure and execute legal project management (LPM) across the full matter lifecycle — from scope definition and task decomposition through resource allocation, budget tracking, milestone management, risk identification, stakeholder communication, and post-matter review. Applies IILPM Define → Plan → Deliver → Close methodology and CLOC Core 12 operational competency framework. Use when opening a new legal matter, managing an active litigation or transaction, building a matter plan for outside counsel, conducting a mid-matter health check, setting up a budget with LEDES/UTBMS tracking, establishing alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), creating a risk register for a complex matter, drafting a communication plan for a legal engagement, or running a post-matter retrospective. Jurisdiction-agnostic. Works for in-house legal departments, law firms, and legal operations professionals.