ABA Law Practice Division Report to the Division Council Spring Meeting – May 13, 2016

Please send reports to both Robert Young ([email protected]) and Cate Humpage ([email protected]) no later than close of business April 21, 2016.

Board / Committee / Task Force: LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Chair / Co-Chair / Vice Chair: DAVID RUEFF / SUSAN RARIDON LAMBRETH / MICAH ASCANO

Report Submitted By: DAVID RUEFF ______

Action Required by Council?  Request Time at Council Meeting? 

1. Please summarize the entity’s activities and accomplishments since the last quarterly Council meeting (include additional pages or reports as necessary). As part of this summary, please indicate which of the LP Strategic Goals is being met for the particular activity or accomplishment. Those goals are:

1) Developing a Full, Well-Qualified LP Staff 2) Expanding Membership of LP Section 3) Increasing Sustainable Member and Non-Member Engagement 4) Clarifying and Solidifying LP’s Role Within the Greater ABA 5) Maximizing LP Brand as Provider of Superior Practice Management Content 6) Developing Effective, Efficient LP Volunteer Leaders 7) Optimizing Use of Technology to Deliver LP Services

2. Please describe your entity’s plans and action items for the period between this meeting and the next quarterly meeting, along with projected dates of accomplishing these plans (include additional pages and reports as necessary). ABA Law Practice Division Council Spring Meeting 2016 Page 2

Action Item Estimated Completion Date LP Strategic Goal Develop strategic plans The committee has conducted 7 meetings since 2), 3), 4), 5), 6) and objectives for Sub- September and has identified committee objectives and committees and confirm deliverables which includes a 4 part webinar series that sub-committee will begin May 2016 and will be completed August 2016. assignments

Coordination with Council The committee's March monthly meeting was 1), 4) Liaison for the ABA Law rescheduled to allow the participation of the Practice Division Council committee's new Council Liaison, Phillipe Doyle Gray, who is located in Sydney, Australia. At the Liaison's request, a report was prepared comparing the committee's original charter with its subcommittees. (See Attachment #1).

Identify deliverables of Sub-committee meetings were conducted in January, 2), 3), 4), 5), the sub-committees for February and March to identify objectives and 6), 7) 2016-2017 deliverables. The attached report identifies the accomplishments and the long term objectives of each subcommittee over the next 6 months. (See Attachment #2).