Certifications & Programs
All Legal Lean Sigma Institute certifications, certificates, courses, workshops, retreats, and presentations are designed for legal and business professionals. We offer more than 50 courses in our catalog that can be delivered in person or virutally, on our platform or yours. We are experienced curriculum designers and tailor each privately delivered program for your group or team.
Certifications
Our approach is to introduce concepts and tools, then provide opportunities for attendees to apply them to a legal or business process they’re interested in improving. Through case studies and the use of success stories from law firms and legal departments, participants learn about process improvement and project management in relevant and immediately useful contexts.
Legal Lean Sigma Institute White and Yellow Belt courses take place in person and include experiential learning, table work, and interactive discussions. These are excellent opportunities to learn together, set the stage for actionable next steps, engage in team building, and collaborate. There is no prerequiste for either course. We deliver them privately and at a limited number of public, open enrollment courses during the year. If you are interested in hosting one, please contact us.
A Green Belt certification requires a Yellow Belt plus the successful completion of a project. Please contact us to discuss interest in a Green and/or Black Belt certification as these are tailored for each candidate.
Virtual Courses and Certificates 
Legal Lean Sigma Institute VIRTUAL Certificate Programs and Course Catalog – June 2020
Certificates
Initial offerings are at the 100 and 200 level. Registration is open for two Level 100 and one Level 200 cohorts. Additional certificates will be available; all will require completion of the 100 and 200 levels. Candidates will work with and learn from a range of Legal Lean Sigma Institute scholars by taking three courses delivered by live lecture from an outstanding faculty, and then applying what is learned to a case study, with real time coaching provided, and culminating in team presentations to Visiting Scholars in Continuous Improvement and Innovation who will serve as expert judges – all within a 2-3 week period. See details on our Upcoming Programs page.
Each cohort is limited to a maximum of 25 participants to ensure an effective ratio for an engaging, immersive learning experience. These may be delivered privately for your organization or you may register for an open enrollment, where you will work with an assigned team or attend with your own.
Course Catalog
We offer more than 50 virtual courses in a live lecture format and welcome opportunities to (co)design training and curriculum to support your organization’s or team’s specific objectives. Please see our brochure for more information.
New training options are always in development from our Faculty, Scholars in Residence, and Visiting Scholars in Continuous Improvement and Innovation. The Legal Lean Sigma Institute team is driven by a commitment to continuously improve, facilitate the ability to innovate and work collaboratively, and help transform in order to deliver greater value to their organizations and clients – with no trade-offs.
Topical areas include: Process Improvement, Project Management, Pricing and Profitability, Leadership and Teaming, Change Management, Organizational Development, Client and Business Development, Performance Metrics and Management, and Collaboration and Innovation.
Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate
If you’re interested in an asynchronous learning environment, this Process Improvement and Legal Project Management course is an excellent option. It is delivered by LLSI’s CEO and Founder, Catherine Alman MacDonagh, and is offered through Suffolk University Law School, where she is an adjunct professor. It may be taken as either a standalone or as part of Suffolk Law’s Legal Innovation and Technology Certificate Program.
Upcoming Courses
Upcoming Events
Event Phone: 857-272-5695
- Level 100 LLSI Certificate Course - Cohort 1
July 7, 2020 - July 16, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Legal Lean Sigma Institute’s certificate courses are virtual, immersive learning experiences that include live lectures and working on a case study with your cohort and delivering presentations as a team to guest judges. All participants who successfully complete the courses and requirements will be awarded a certificate from the Legal Lean Sigma Institute.
Event Phone: 857-272-5695
- Level 100 LLSI Certificate Course - Cohort 2
July 7, 2020 - July 16, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Legal Lean Sigma Institute’s certificate courses are virtual, immersive learning experiences that include live lectures and working on a case study with your cohort and delivering presentations as a team to guest judges. All participants who successfully complete the courses and requirements will be awarded a certificate from the Legal Lean Sigma Institute.
White Belt
Participation in a one day course that is designed to be a high level introduction to Lean, Six Sigma and Legal Project Management. Learning objectives are geared toward participants gaining familiarity with the vocabulary, concepts, and some of the tools most commonly used in PI and PM.
Yellow Belt
Participation in a two day, more intensive course that is designed for participants to be able to understand and employ Lean, Six Sigma and Legal Project Management vocabulary, methodologies, and tools.
Green Belt
Requires a Yellow Belt plus the successful completion of an approved project and other certification requirements.
Black Belt
Requires a Yellow and Green Belt plus completion of a dozen or more approved projects and other certification requirements (workshops, distance learning). For those committed to a career as a process improvement practitioner.
Private Delivery
Programs and Workshops
- Legal WorkOut®
- Process mapping
- Client collaboration
- Strategic planning
- Retreats and curriculum design
- Management/Executive, Steering Committee, and Sponsor development and overviews
- Team and team leader training
All our privately delivered course, workshops, programs, retreats, and presentations are tailored and designed specifically for your group. Processes, projects, and teams are selected in advance. For the workshop components of privately delivered certification courses, attendees learn together, begin drafting deliverables such as project charters and rough process maps, earn a certification and, in most cases, are eligible for CLE credit.
