---
title: Request Outside Counsel engagement
description: As a legal fulfiller, create an outside counsel engagement request for a matter.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/create-lt-outside-counsel-engagement.html
release: australia
product: Legal Matter Management
classification: legal-matter-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Engage with outside counsel, Work on a legal matter, Use, Legal Matter Management, Legal Service Delivery, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
---

# Request Outside Counsel engagement

As a legal fulfiller, create an outside counsel engagement request for a matter.

## Before you begin

Ensure you have configured Legal Matter Management to engage with outside counsel. For more information, see [Configure Legal Matter Management to engage with outside counsel using Legal Tracker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/configurations-for-legal-tracker-integration.md).

Role required: sn\_lg\_matter.matter\_fulfiller, sn\_lg\_ops.legal\_fulfiller

## Procedure

1.  Open a legal matter.

<table id="choicetable_vvd_bng_hxb"><thead><tr><th align="left" id="d203072e61">

Method

</th><th align="left" id="d203072e64">

Action

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td id="d203072e70">

**Using Legal Counsel Center homepage**

</td><td>

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Legal Request** &gt; **Legal Counsel Center**
2.  Select the **View All** option on the Matters widget.
3.  From the list, open a legal matter.
4.  Select the **Outside Counsels** tab.


</td></tr><tr><td id="d203072e114">

**Using Legal Counsel Center lists**

</td><td>

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Legal Request** &gt; **Legal Counsel Center**
2.  Select the list icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\).
3.  In the Lists tab, navigate to **Matters** &gt; **All**.
4.  From the list, open a legal matter.
5.  Select the **Outside Counsels** tab.


</td></tr><tr><td id="d203072e173">

**Using platform view**

</td><td>

1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Legal Matter** &gt; **Matter** &gt; **All**
2.  From the list, open a legal matter.
3.  Navigate to Outside Counsels tab related list.


</td></tr></tbody>
</table>2.  Select **Add outside counsel for Legal Tracker** from the down arrow \[Omitted image "arrow.png"\] Alt text: Down Arrow icon on **Add outside counsel**.

3.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    For more information on the form fields, see [Legal Tracker Outside Counsel Engagement request form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/create-lt-outside-counsel-engagement-form.md).

4.  If do not have the complete the Legal Tracker details and want it to be filled later, select the **Create a task for entering Legal Tracker field details** check box.

    A task will be created to fill in the Legal Tracker details once the outside counsel request is approved. You need to fill in the details and submit the outside counsel engagement request for integration with Legal Tracker. For more information, see [Assign task created for filling Legal Tracker details](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/lmm-lt-assign-task-ocer.md) and [Enter Legal Tracker details and submit for integration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/lmm-enter-lt-details.md).

5.  Select **Save**.


**Parent Topic:**[Engage with outside counsel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/lmm-eng-outcounsel.md)