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51 workflow templates, showing 25 to 48
Inquiry handoff
Every new inquiry reaches the firm’s conflict review and the responsible attorney as one complete packet on the day it arrives, with each missing item named and someone assigned to supply it.
- Starts it
- Intake coordinator
- Brings
- document, pasted text
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Matter budget and status summary
The responsible partner sees one matter whole: scope, phases against their dates, the budget against fees to date and the projected total, a red, amber or green status with the rule behind it, risks and next actions with owners. Built from the time export and the matter plan, never a view on the merits.
- Starts it
- Matter lead
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 10 outputs
Matter closing checklist preparation
When the handling lawyer flags a matter for closure, the firm's closing checklist is filled from the matter record: final billing as recorded, open tasks, unreturned items and the handoffs billing and records must accept.
- Starts it
- Operations assistant
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Matter coverage plan for absences
When leave or a staffing change takes someone away from active matters, the practice manager gets a draft coverage plan: a proposed cover for each matter, the attorney-confirmed dates in the absence, the access each cover needs and every handoff that is blocked. The practice lead and responsible attorneys decide.
- Starts it
- Practice manager
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 8 outputs
Prepares work for a lawyer. Not legal advice.
Matter-opening checklist preparation
Every accepted matter goes into setup and billing with one checklist: the fields each system needs, the terms that drive the first invoice, the documents on file and an owner for every open item.
- Starts it
- Firm administrator
- Brings
- document
- Gets
- 4 outputs
Month-end close checklist
Before the month ends, your controller holds the whole close on one page: every task with its owner, its date and what it waits on, the chain that sets the close date, and each gap already written as a question. Entries are prepared for approval, never posted.
- Starts it
- Controller
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Outgoing work sign-off log
Every item that needs a responsible attorney's sign-off before it leaves the firm sits in one log, in the order it has to go out: waiting, approved or returned, with the attorney's own note. Anything close to its date with no decision is flagged first. The log tracks status and never touches the legal substance.
- Starts it
- Operations manager
- Brings
- export, notes, pasted text
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Outside-counsel invoice questions
When a law firm’s invoice arrives, legal operations has one worksheet ready: every line set against the agreed rates, the approved matter budget and the company’s own billing guidelines, each difference written as a neutral question for the firm. Nothing is sent, paid or rejected until people decide.
- Starts it
- Legal operations manager
- Brings
- export, document
- Gets
- 10 outputs
Prepares work for a lawyer. Not legal advice.
Overdue-invoice follow-up preparation
Every overdue invoice gets a follow-up drafted in your firm’s tone for its age and addressed from the right person, and every invoice that should not be chased is held with the reason written down.
- Starts it
- Billing coordinator
- Brings
- export, notes, document, pasted text
- Gets
- 3 outputs
Pilot acceptance-test preparation
Go into every AI pilot with the test already written: the cases that matter, what good looks like for each and the rule your owner will use to decide.
- Starts it
- Pilot owner
- Brings
- notes, document
- Gets
- 4 outputs
Prebill exception review
Before the billing attorney opens a prebill, the billing coordinator has every awkward entry marked: rates that differ from the firm's rate table, possible duplicates, entries outside the client's billing guidelines, unclear narratives and expenses without support, each sent to the person who acts next.
- Starts it
- Billing coordinator
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Privilege log entry check
Before a draft privilege log goes to review counsel, the paralegal gets an entry-by-entry check against counsel’s approved format and role map, and a list of logged documents’ attachments with no entry. It checks metadata only: review counsel makes every privilege call and writes or approves every description.
- Starts it
- Paralegal
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Prepares work for a lawyer. Not legal advice.
Property diligence index
The transaction lead gets a diligence room in order: every document indexed by workstream, every checklist item and request tracked, and every open finding tied to the report or request that raised it. Specialists judge the findings; nothing is valued or sent.
- Starts it
- Transaction coordinator
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Property owner report
A property manager gets the month's owner report drafted from the statements and logs they supply: occupancy, collections, open maintenance and the decisions the owner is asked to make, each statement traced to its source and each gap shown.
- Starts it
- Property manager
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Receivables exception review
The controller gets every short payment, unmatched or ambiguous receipt, possible duplicate and disputed invoice on one list, each with its evidence and a proposed next step, before anything is applied on a guess.
- Starts it
- Billing coordinator
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 3 outputs
Referral source follow-up
The day after a partner meets someone who sends the firm work, they have a follow-up draft and a list of every promise made at the table, by both sides. The draft uses only approved materials and nothing said in confidence; the partner checks it, chooses the next step and sends it.
- Starts it
- Partner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Rent roll to lease abstract match
Your property accountant gets the rent roll checked against the verified lease abstracts and amendments, unit by unit: rent, area, commencement and expiration, with every difference listed for review. It compares supplied fields only and corrects nothing.
- Starts it
- Property accountant
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Research plan for counsel
Before an associate or paralegal starts on a partner's research question, they hold a one-to-two-page plan: the question split into sub-questions, the stated facts against each, the firm's own notes to read first, where to search and with what terms, and the gaps. Leads, not authorities: nothing is named from memory.
- Starts it
- Associate
- Brings
- export, notes, document
- Gets
- 6 outputs
Prepares work for a lawyer. Not legal advice.
Research summary brief
An executive handed a pile of reports, articles or papers gets one brief: what each source found, where the sources agree and disagree, the limits of each, and exact quotations cited to the page. Built only from the documents supplied. What it means for the business stays the reader's call.
- Starts it
- Analyst
- Brings
- notes, document
- Gets
- 7 outputs
Service provider evidence matrix
When a material service provider needs approval or renewal, the vendor owner gets one matrix: the provider's evidence set against the firm's own review criteria, with self-attestations, dated reports and untested claims kept apart from independent evidence, and every unanswered question listed.
- Starts it
- Vendor owner
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 4 outputs
Settlement exception worklist
When the settlement report shows unmatched or failed items, your operations lead gets one aged worklist: each trade's terms, confirmation status, supplied instruction and custodian differences side by side, with a proposed owner. The lead validates and assigns; nothing is sent or moved.
- Starts it
- Operations lead
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 4 outputs
SOP exception capture
Turn what your most experienced person does with the awkward cases into an exception register for one procedure. Once the owner approves it, every colleague handles those cases the way your best person does.
- Starts it
- Operations lead
- Brings
- notes, document
- Gets
- 2 outputs
Spreadsheet check before sharing
Before a model or schedule goes to a client, a lender or a board, the sender gets one report on it: every error value, short total, buried assumption and hidden row pinned to its cell, each with a fix or a question, and a plain list of what was not checked. Nothing in the workbook is changed.
- Starts it
- Finance manager
- Brings
- export, notes
- Gets
- 5 outputs
Usability test session plan
Before a prototype or a confusing flow goes in front of users, the research lead and product owner hold one plan: who to recruit, the tasks in plain words, the neutral prompts, a blank note sheet and how success is counted. Recording and data handling are listed as decisions.
- Starts it
- Product owner
- Brings
- notes, document
- Gets
- 9 outputs