---
title: Delete outside counsel engagement request
description: As a legal fulfiller, you can delete outside counsel engagement request that is no longer required.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/legal-matter-management/lmm-lt-delete-ocer.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]
---

# Delete outside counsel engagement request

As a legal fulfiller, you can delete outside counsel engagement request that is no longer required.

## Before you begin

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

## Procedure

1.  Open a legal matter.

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Method

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Action

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**Using Legal Counsel Center homepage**

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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 record.
4.  Select the **Outside Counsels** tab.


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**Using Legal Counsel Center lists**

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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 record.
5.  Select the **Outside Counsels** tab.


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**Using platform view**

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


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</table>2.  Select the check box of the outside counsel engagement request that you want to delete.

3.  Select **Remove**.

    If you are in platform view, select **Delete** from the Action on the selected rows drop-down.


## Result

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Outside counsel engagement request status

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External matter created

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Deletion

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Work in progress and not integrated with Legal Tracker

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No

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The Outside counsel engagement request is deleted.

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Integrated with Legal Tracker

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Yes

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-   The Outside counsel engagement request and the associated external matter are deleted.
-   The matter created in Legal Tracker is not deleted.

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</table>**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)