About Us
LeanLegal® Academy is a division of Gimbal—Lean Practice Management Advisors.
We've taught thousands of lawyers practical, actionable methods to reduce costs, improve client service, respond to the changing legal environment, and compete more effectively. In short...
We help lawyers build more profitable and productive practices.
Through our online programs, we teach you the exact same strategies we've used in large and small law firms and legal departments across North America.
We’re experienced Lean process improvement experts, and the exclusive Global Advisor (Legal Process Improvement) to the International Institute of Legal Project Management.
But we're also attorneys with decades of international experience in law firms and in-house.
We've been in your shoes. We use our unique knowledge of Lean and the legal profession to help you continuously improve your practice, your business, and your bottom line.
We develop tailored, sustainable solutions to optimize legal services and the business and administrative processes that support them.
Do you want to:
- improve the profitability or realization of a particular practice group or matter type,
- optimize a business or administrative process,
- identify the best targets for improvement across your firm or legal department, or
- build the skills of your internal process improvement resources?
We apply our expertise in process optimization, pricing, and legal project management to deliver measurable results.
Our clients have:
- improved realization and profitability in commercial and financial litigation matters
- mapped and optimized mergers & acquisitions, real estate, and other transactional matters
- optimized in-house litigation and advisory procedures to reduce costs and better serve their organizations
- reduced time, effort, and cost in business and administrative procedures including conflicts clearance, invoicing, onboarding, expense reporting, and much more
We bring you integrated solutions to transform your legal service delivery and maximize your operational efficiency.
Through our network of industry experts, we have the ability to offer you unparalleled expertise in:
- knowledge management
- pricing
- legal project management
- intranets and extranets
- AI and strategic use of technologies
- legal technology implementation and support
