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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Associate an existing Outside Counsel to a legal matter

Add existing outside counsels to a legal matter and enable the patent fulfiller to communicate with the outside counsel for reviewing and processing the Legal Invention Disclosure requests.

Before you begin

The following items must have been created:

You must have the invention disclosure request ID and the matter ID.

Role required: admin, sn_lg_ops.request_fulfiller

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Legal Counsel Center.

  2. Select the List icon (

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List icon\) from the primary navigation and in the Legal Requests section of the **Lists** menu, select **All**.
  1. Select and open the request.

  2. Select the Legal Matters tab and open the matter.

  3. Select Assign to me.

  4. Select the Outside Counsel tab.

  5. Select Add Outside Counsel.

  6. On the form, fill in the fields.

      
    Outside firmName of the parent firm for the outside counsel from the lookup which were already added.
    Outside counselName of the outside counsel from the lookup which were already added for the specific outside firm.
    StateThis field is automatically set to Offline and cannot be modified.
    Outside Counsel EmailThis field is auto-populated with the email address of the outside counsel.
  7. Select Save.

  8. Verify that the outside counsel was added by refreshing the Outside Counsel tab.

Parent Topic:Using the Legal Invention Disclosure