Applying Agile to Legal Practices

Lesson 1: How to Tell If Kanban Could Work for You

Is Kanban Right for Your Firm?

In this quick, 6-minute overview you’ll discover how a simple three-column Kanban board can bring crystal-clear visibility to even the busiest practice—and whether your firm is showing the classic “ready for Kanban” signals.


Key Points at a Glance

  • Transparency on Demand – See every matter’s status at a glance, from “To Do” to “Done.”

  • Five Red-Flag Symptoms

    1. Growth that still depends heavily on partners

    2. Endless “What’s next?” interruptions from staff

    3. Team always busy, yet progress feels invisible

    4. Non-billable work eating >10 % of the day

    5. Flat-fee matters where efficiency drives profit

  • Proven Benefits – Smaller non-billable load, better client comms, and stress-free task prioritization.

  • Next Step – If those red flags sound familiar, Kanban may be the productivity win your firm needs.

Course Curriculum
Your 9 Agile Lessons

Lesson 1: How to Tell If Kanban Could Work For You

In this lesson, you'll learn how to identify if you should implement the Kanban methodology and how to get started.

Lesson 2: Applying Agile to Legal Practices with John Grant

An in-depth look at integrating Agile methodologies in a legal setting, guided by industry expert John E. Grant.

Lesson 3: Getting Started

Where and how should you start implementing Kanban? Let's go over how to use what you already do and translate it into Kanban.

Lesson 4: Building a Board

Let's walk you through how to build a Kanban board using Legalboards for our example firm.

Lesson 5: Boards As An Overview Of Workflows

Now that we know the framework and how to build a board, let's step back and examine how to view the work we've completed so far.

Lesson 6: WIP Limits

In this lesson, we'll dive into one of the concepts that John covered in lesson 2, WIP limits. You'll learn how to apply them for effective management.

Lesson 7: Board Viewing Tips

Tips about how to best view your board so you can ensure you understand everything at a glance.

Lesson 8: Client Centric Operations

One of the most important benefits of using Kanban is the enhanced client experience. Let's examine how to optimize your operations for clients.

Lesson 9: Conclusion

In this lesson, we'll wrap up this course and the Agile concepts covered.