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Legal Client Intake Form Template

Capture every detail a new legal matter needs — parties, dates, documents, and conflicts — before the first consultation begins.

A complete legal client intake form that gathers contact details, matter type, opposing parties, key dates, and supporting documents in one shareable link. Solo attorneys and firm staff publish once, prospective clients fill it out from any device, and the conflict check starts before the phone call.

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Why use a legal client intake form?

A new caller leaves a voicemail at 7pm Friday. By Monday morning you've forgotten which of three potential clients they were, whether the matter is a contract dispute or a landlord issue, and you definitely don't have the opposing party's name written down anywhere — so you can't run a conflict check before calling back. A digital legal client intake form fixes that the moment someone reaches out. Send the link in your auto-reply, and by the time you sit down with coffee on Monday you already have the parties, the jurisdiction, the rough timeline, and a one-paragraph summary of what happened. Conflict check before the callback, not during the consultation. It works for solo practitioners running a personal injury practice, mid-sized firms with a dedicated intake coordinator, and in-house counsel triaging requests from other departments. Because everything is captured in structured fields rather than a back-and-forth email thread, the same data flows straight into your case management system without anyone rekeying it.

What's included in this template

16 fields — customize any field or add new ones with AI.

Short textFull Legal Name✱
Short textPreferred Name
EmailEmail Address✱
PhonePhone Number✱
Long textMailing Address✱
DateDate of Birth
DropdownHow Did You Hear About Us?
DropdownMatter Type✱
Long textBrief Description of Your Legal Issue✱
DateDate the Issue Occurred or Began
Long textNames of Opposing Parties or Other People Involved✱
Multiple choiceHave You Previously Worked With an Attorney on This Matter?
Short textCourt or Jurisdiction (if applicable)
File uploadUpload Relevant Documents (contracts, notices, correspondence)
CheckboxesI understand that submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship✱
SignatureElectronic Signature✱

Need different fields?

Tell the AI what to change — "add a budget dropdown" or "remove phone number" — and it edits the form instantly. Every field type above can be added, removed, or relabeled through the chat interface.

Key features of this legal client intake form template

Everything you need to launch this form in minutes, share it with your team, and collect submissions reliably.

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Conflict-check ready

Opposing party names and matter type are captured as structured fields, so you can run a clearance search before the first call instead of after.

2

Secure document upload

Clients can attach contracts, demand letters, or court notices directly — no separate email chain, no missing attachments at the consultation.

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No-engagement disclaimer built in

A required acknowledgement makes it explicit that submission alone does not form an attorney-client relationship — important for ethics compliance.

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AI-edit any field

Need to add a child-custody section for family law, or strip out personal injury fields for a transactional practice? Describe the change in a sentence and the form updates.

5

Mobile-first signature capture

Clients sign with a finger on their phone — no DocuSign account required, no PDF round-trip.

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Routes to your case management tool

Pipe submissions into Clio, MyCase, or a Google Sheet via Webhook so a new matter file is created automatically.

Perfect for

Solo practitioners running personal injury or family law practices, mid-sized firm intake coordinators handling 20+ inquiries a week, in-house counsel triaging requests from other departments, legal aid organizations doing initial eligibility screening, paralegal teams gathering pre-consultation details, virtual law offices that never see clients in person, and law school clinics intaking pro bono matters.

How to use this template

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Open the template

Click "Use this template free." Flexform loads the form instantly — no account needed to preview.

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Customize with AI

Type what you want to change in the chat: fields to add or remove, rename labels, change field types, or rearrange pages.

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Connect & publish

Link to Slack or Google Sheets with one click, then embed on your site or share the link.

Ways to use this template

Personal injury intake

Capture accident date, injury type, treating providers, and other parties involved before the first call. Conflict checks and statute-of-limitations triage happen the same day, not three days later.

Family law consultation

Gather marriage and separation dates, children's ages, and a short narrative of the dispute. Spouses' full legal names get logged for conflict screening before the attorney calls back.

Business and contract disputes

Collect entity names, contract dates, amount in controversy, and uploads of the underlying agreement. The attorney walks into the consultation already knowing the deal structure.

Estate planning intake

Pull together family structure, asset categories, and existing documents like prior wills or trusts. The drafting paralegal has a starting point before the client even arrives.

Immigration case screening

Capture country of origin, immigration status, family ties, and prior filings. Eligibility triage happens up front so consultations focus on strategy, not data collection.

Legal aid eligibility

Combine household size, income, and matter type into a single intake so case managers can prioritize the queue and route eligible applicants to the right staff attorney.

Workflow integrations

Connect this form to your existing tools with no middleware. Every submission triggers your workflow automatically.

SlackGoogle SheetsHubSpotEmail
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Real-time sync

Data appears in your CRM or spreadsheet within 1–2 seconds of submission — no cron jobs, no delays.

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Conditional routing

Route submissions to different Slack channels, HubSpot pipelines, or Airtable bases based on field values.

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Two-way data flow

Pre-fill form fields with CRM data for returning visitors. Update existing records instead of creating duplicates.

Why choose Flexform?

Most intake forms are built for one practice area and break the moment you take on a different kind of matter. With FlexForm you describe what you want changed in plain English — "add a section for child custody and visitation history" or "remove the personal injury fields and add a section about the contract terms in dispute" — and the form rewrites itself. No back-and-forth with a web developer, no PDF that has to be rebuilt from scratch every time the practice grows. Submissions land where your team already works. Pipe new intakes into HubSpot as a contact, post a Slack alert to the #new-matters channel the moment a form comes in, and drop a structured row into Google Sheets for the conflict-check log — all without writing code. Because every form is just a share link, your auto-responder can include it, your business cards can carry the QR, and prospective clients fill it out without installing anything or making an account. If you also have a client portal app, the same form definition runs natively inside it through the Kotlin Multiplatform mobile SDK — one form, real Android and iOS UI, no WebView. And the free forever plan means a solo attorney can start collecting structured intakes today without a credit card, then upgrade only when volume calls for it.
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Frequently asked questions

Does submitting this form create an attorney-client relationship?

No, and the form makes that explicit. There is a required acknowledgement checkbox confirming the client understands that no relationship is formed until a written engagement agreement is signed. This is standard ethics-rule protection for the attorney.

How do I run a conflict check from the responses?

Opposing party names and related individuals are captured as separate, structured fields rather than buried in a narrative. Export them to your conflict log via Google Sheets, or pipe them into your case management tool with a Webhook so the check runs against existing matters automatically.

Can clients upload documents like contracts or court notices?

Yes. The form includes a file upload field that handles PDFs, Word documents, and images. Clients can attach a demand letter, a contract, or a photo of the notice they received — everything arrives in one submission rather than a separate email thread.

Is the data secure enough for confidential legal information?

Submissions are encrypted in transit and at rest. For matters that require stricter handling, you can route responses directly to your case management system via Webhook and disable storage on the FlexForm side.

How do I adapt this form for a specific practice area?

Open the AI editor and describe what you need — "add a section for child custody history" or "this is for trademark matters, ask about prior USPTO filings instead of court history." The form updates without you touching the field editor manually.

Can prospective clients save their progress and come back?

Yes, partial saving keeps their responses in the browser, so a client who started filling things out on their lunch break can finish at home that evening. Useful for the longer family law and estate planning intakes.

Does this work on phones?

The form is mobile-first, including the signature field — clients sign with a finger. If you have a client portal app, the same form runs natively inside it through the Kotlin Multiplatform mobile SDK, with real Android and iOS UI rather than an embedded webpage.

Can I get a Slack notification when a new intake arrives?

Yes. Connect the Slack integration and route new submissions to a dedicated #new-matters channel. Intake coordinators see the matter type and parties involved at a glance and can claim the conflict check from the message itself.

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