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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-05-19 · Official documentation · View source

Submit a legal request

Submit a legal request for yourself or on behalf of another user to seek services from the legal department.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_lg_ops.legal_user

About this task

You can also submit a legal request through your mobile device or the Virtual Agent chat.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Employee Center.

    Note: If you're using Legal Service Portal, you can submit a legal request by navigating to the Legal Service Portal and selecting a request from the Service Catalog.

  2. Navigate to Help center > Legal services.

  3. Select a legal service item for which you want to submit a request.

    If you're not sure which legal service item to choose to submit your request, select General Legal Request.

  4. On the form, fill in the fields.

    Note: Each legal service request form has a different set of fields based on the selected legal service item.

  5. Select Submit.

Result

  • A legal request is created in the New state.

  • The request is assigned to a group or user in the legal department based on the assignment rule set in the associated practice area.

  • The Standard Ticket page displays that has the following tabs to perform different tasks:

    • Activity: Track the activity history of the request and post messages for the fulfiller working on the request.
    • Attachments or Documents: Upload and manage the documents in the legal request.

      Note: If the external storage option is enabled, the Documents tab is displayed. Otherwise, the Attachments tab is displayed.

    • Request Details: Review request details.

    • If the administrator has configured notifications, you receive notifications about the progress of the request.

Parent Topic:Using Legal Request Management