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www.iltanet.org Wisdom and Choreography: How KM and LPM Help Create the Legal Dance by Larry Bridgesmith, J.D. of ERM Legal Solutions LLC Larry Bridgesmith, J.D. is the Chief Relationship Officer at ERM Legal Solutions LLC and provides counsel to the law firm Bone McAllester Norton PLLC. Larry is a member of the International Academy of Mediators and is a co-chair of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution in Healthcare Committee and the section's International ADR Committee Task Force on Multidisciplinary Solutions. He can be reached at lbridgesmith@ermlegalsolutions.com. As legal industry business models rapidly change to meet the demands of clients who bring a global perspective to the purchase of legal services, confusion exists regarding two core concepts: knowledge management (KM) and legal project management (LPM). Is one a subset of the other? Are they the same? Do they have any key principles in common? In short, KM is a tool that can improve the practice of law, and LPM is a technique for improving the processes and business outcomes related to the practice of law. The two are not the same, one is not dependent on the other and neither is a subset of the 46 ILTA White Paper