Overview
This 2-day Project Management Masterclass is designed for legal operations professionals, legal technologists, innovation minded lawyers, and anyone shaping how modern legal teams work. It is built for those who enjoy creating structure from complexity and finding smarter, more creative ways to deliver value to internal and external clients.
The program focuses on practical project management in legal environments, covering Legal AI solutions, legal technology initiatives, resource and capacity planning, budget ownership,and cross functional delivery. Participants will explore Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, and Lean models through a legal lens, with clear guidance on when to use each approach and how to adapt them to real legal work.
Learning is hands-on and outcome driven. Participants will design and build their own project plan using short cycles and focused sprints, taking a project from idea initiation to execution. The emphasis is on clarity, momentum, and impact, without sacrificing legal judgment or quality.
Programmes
Module 1
Project Management for Legal and Professional Services
Understanding Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid and Lean models and how to apply them in real legal and operational contexts.
Module 2
Project Planning from Ideation to Execution
Turning concepts into executable plans with clear scope, milestones, governance, and delivery pathways.
Module 3
Human Centric Design in Legal Work
Designing solutions around people, not processes, with a focus on usability, adoption, and trust.
Module 4
Engaging Stakeholders, Vendors, and Internal Clients
Managing expectations, aligning incentives, and building effective working relationships across business stakeholders, legal teams, and external vendors to ensure shared ownership, clear accountability, and successful project outcomes.
Module 5
Building Business Cases That Get Approved
Translating ideas into clear value propositions with commercial logic, risk awareness, and measurable outcomes.
Module 6
Budget Ownership and Resource Planning
Managing cost, capacity, and capability across internal teams, vendors, and external counsel.
Module 7
Working in Cycles and Sprints
Driving momentum through short delivery cycles, prioritization, and continuous improvement.
Module 8
Project Management Culture (Part 1)
Creating environments where teams think clearly, challenge constructively, and deliver better outcomes.
Module 9
Project Management Culture (Part 2)
Building feedback loops that strengthen collaboration, performance, and learning.
What Learners Take Home
Participants leave the program with the confidence and practical skills to manage projects of any size within their department or organization. They will know how to choose the right project approach, structure work clearly, engage stakeholders effectively, manage budgets and resources, move ideas from concept to execution with purpose and control.
They also take home a practical playbook and ready-to-use templates that remove guesswork from future projects.These tools are designed to help them start quickly, stay organized, and deliver consistently.
Most importantly, participants return to work ready to lead projects with clarity, creativity, and assurance, turning complexity into outcomes that create real value.
Suitable For
- Junior professionals and early career team members looking to build strong project fundamentals
- Paralegals and legal support professionals involved in matter and process coordination
- Legal operations professionals managing workflows, vendors, budgets, and delivery
- Legal technologists and tech enthusiasts driving tools, automation, and digital change
- Innovation-focused lawyers leading or contributing to transformation initiatives
- Senior leaders and team leads overseeing complex projects and cross functional work
DATE
26 & 27 (Thur – Fri)
March 2026
9am – 5pm
VENUE
20 Anson Road #19-01,
Singapore 079912
FEE
$2,250
(Corporate discounts available for groups of 3 and above)
Trainers
Legal Ops Specialist
CLOC (Singapore Chapter Lead)
Mel Nirmala – ASEAN Legal Ops Lead at Bayer, drives large‑scale transformation, process optimisation, and cross‑border operational excellence across the region. With over 18 years of leadership experience in strategic planning, change management, digital transformation, and legal operations, Mel is known for turning complex challenges into structured, executable strategies that advance business performance.
Her expertise spans across project management, digital innovation, workflow optimisation, data‑driven decision-making, and multi‑functional team leadership—skills reinforced by her formal training, including an Advanced Certificate in Project Management and further professional studies in analytics, business intelligence, and organisational leadership.
Mel’s leadership philosophy is rooted in her ability to connect organisational opportunities into coherent, forward‑moving strategies.
Beyond Bayer, Mel is also a coach, trainer, and keynote speaker, and the Head of the CLOC Singapore Chapter, where she advocates for capability building, digital upskilling, and modern legal operations practices across the legal ecosystem.
PhD, Lecturer & Professor
Victor Tan – seasoned business management and education leader with extensive project management experience for the past 27 years spanning academia, government, healthcare and global corporate environments. Known for integrating technical depth with strategic execution, Victor specializes in translating complex organisational challenges into practical and results-driven project frameworks.
With a career that includes senior leadership roles, Victor has led large-scale transformation initiatives, analytics-driven workforce planning, digitalisation programmes and enterprise-level policy development. His work consistently focuses on aligning strategy, operations, and technology to strengthen organisational performance, resilience and governance.
Victor’s expertise spans project and programme management, legal and regulatory compliance, risk and business continuity planning, HR analytics, stakeholder management and digital innovation. He is particularly recognised for applying data analytics, automation and AI-enabled methodologies to optimise decision-making, streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency across cross-functional teams.
Academically, Victor is also certified across numerous professional domains including HR, cybersecurity, project management and learning design—credentials that reinforce his multidisciplinary teaching approach.His leadership philosophy centres on structured execution, analytical insight, and people-centric development. He believes that sustainable project success emerges when governance, data, technology and human capability are integrated into a coherent strategy.
Beyond his professional roles, Victor actively contributes to education and industry development as a lecturer, curriculum designer, advisory committee member and speaker. He is committed to advancing professional capability, especially in helping legal and corporate professionals harness project management principles to drive measurable organisational impact.
Supported by:
Ethos BeathChapman (EBC) is an award-winning executive search and recruitment consultancy helping organisations hire exceptional talent and build high-performing teams. Founded in Sydney in 2005, EBC has since expanded across Asia-Pacific and Europe, with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Manila, partnering with leading organisations to deliver tailored talent solutions built on integrity, expertise, and partnership. Since 2017, EBC has been part of Tokyo-listed Will Group, an international collective of HR solutions companies operating in 25+ countries worldwide.
EARLY BIRD
Get 10% OFF with discount code “EARLYBIRD10” when you register before 19 March 2026.
