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Efficient Time and Matter Management

3 hours eLearning
What you are going to learn

About this course:

Objective:
This workshop encourages delegates to see themselves as ‘project managers’ driving each matter forward, focusing their attention on:
  • Effective scoping of the matter
  • Efficient workload and matter management
  • Managing each client’s expectations
  • Maintaining and enhancing

Intended audience:
Paralegals

Duration:
3 hours 
Topics covered:
  • Initial scoping of the matter: what you are going to do, what you are not going to do and assumptions made
  • The key attributes of effective time and matter management
  • Managing your time and resources effectively
  • Appropriate and timely delegation of tasks
  • Knowing the limits of your own capability, being prepared to seek guidance and be open about any errors you make
  • Getting the dependencies right
  • Monitoring and managing the quality of delegated tasks
  • Managing the client’s expectations and keeping both clients and other stakeholders informed
  • Recording time efficiently
  • Understanding these attributes and applying effective time and matter management techniques to your matters and workload.

    • Outcomes:
    The success measures of this course are:
    • See the value of disciplined time and matter management;
    • Be more able to deliver work to deadlines and on budget; 
    • Be more aware of their strengths and weaknesses as matter executives and able to articulate a plan to address their weaknesses; and
    • Be able to adopt appropriate tools and techniques to best suit their own practice area and workload