Auto-assign members and teams

How to set up and utilize automatically assigning members and teams to matters and contracts

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Written by Ben Knoll
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With this feature, you can streamline assigning users to matters and contracts, giving access to multiple members immediately after creation.

In this article:


Matter and contract type setup

To set up an assignment rule for matter and contract types:

  1. Ensure you have Administrator access.

  2. Navigate to Organization Settings > Matter/Contract Management > Matter or Contract Types > Select an individual Matter/Contract type > Settings

  3. At the bottom of the settings tab, the options will be visible:

From here, simply add your teams or members.

Teams:

Click here to learn more about how to build Teams in LawVu.

Individuals:

Additionally, this is where you can select whether or not the matter/contract creator can remove members on creation:


Matter and contract creation with auto assignees

After the member assignment has been set up from the matter/contract type level, the users added will automatically show as members during the matter/contract creation.

Note - the users will be presented with an assignment modal only when you have auto-add teams/members enabled for your organization.

If the removal option is turned on, this is where the creator can also remove those who have been auto-assigned:

Finally, upon the creation of the matter or contract, all of the users and teams will have access to the new matter/contract. Every user included in any team added will be shown individually in the Members tab.

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