SimpleLegal

SimpleLegal is an enterprise legal management platform from Onit that unifies legal e-billing, matter management, vendor management and reporting for corporate legal departments. Acquired by Onit in 2019 and now marketed as part of the Onit ELM portfolio, it targets teams that want rigorous outside counsel spend control without a long enterprise rollout.

Key features of SimpleLegal include:

• Legal E-Billing: Rules-based invoice review flags out-of-policy line items automatically, routes approvals to the right reviewers and enforces billing guidelines, agreed rates and timekeeper controls.
• Matter Management: A single system of record tracks internal and external matters with practice areas, tasks, documents, budgets and every person working on the matter.
• CounselGO Vendor Portal: Outside counsel and vendors submit invoices, update matter status and exchange documents through a self-service portal, removing email-based invoice collection.
• Reporting and Analytics: Configurable dashboards break down spend by firm, matter, practice area and business unit, supporting budgets, accruals and law firm benchmarking.
• Integrations and APIs: Prebuilt connectors and open APIs link SimpleLegal to finance and ERP platforms such as Workday, plus time tracking, document management and IP management systems.

Best for: Mid-market and lower-enterprise corporate legal departments that need to control outside counsel spend and standardise matter intake without a multi-year ELM implementation.

SimpleLegal turns unstructured legal invoices and scattered matter files into governed, reportable data. General counsel and legal operations gain defensible spend control and the evidence needed to negotiate rates and panel terms with law firms.