While the details may vary or be tailored to a specific type of litigation docket, the fundamental framework of litigation management applies broadly to all litigation. Understanding the foundational components of litigation management and customizing them to a specific case or litigation docket provides a sound approach to controlling cost and managing risk. Baylor Law has created this toolkit for litigation management in the first ever Executive LL.M. in the field. The R6 framework, comprised of the Right Way, the Right Plan, the Right Team, the Right Cost, the Right Tools and the Right Result, systematically approaches litigation management, providing all the necessary components for effective and efficient case and docket management.

COVID-19 has disrupted civil jury trials across the United States. The backlog of civil and criminal cases continues to grow rapidly. This litigation backlog will not suddenly disappear, and litigation will not magically return to a pre-COVID “business as usual.” In this environment, forward-looking clients and attorneys recognize that innovation is both possible and necessary. Outdated definitions of what is “normal” in litigation, even before shelter-in-place altered litigation, failed to produce adequate results at an acceptable cost. The advantage belongs – and will increasingly go – to the attorney, the firm, and the organization that can innovate in the management of litigation.