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Legal Intake Qualification

Capture, screen, and route new legal or claims inquiries before staff takes over.

Setup:45-120 minutes
Time saved:5-12 hours
Installs:36
Difficulty:medium

Plan: Free

Pain point

Teams lose leads after hours and waste time screening poor-fit inquiries manually.

Primary outcome

Faster intake response and more qualified consultations booked.

How this playbook works

This playbook helps law firms and claims operators qualify new inquiries faster by collecting case basics, screening for fit, scoring urgency, and routing strong leads into callback or consult workflows.

ROI note

Improves intake conversion and captures leads that would otherwise cool off or be missed.

ROI Calculator

Estimate your time and cost savings based on your industry and volume.

Hours / week
5.0
Hours / year
260
Saved / month
$1,840
Saved / year
$22,100
Based on Legal/Claims average labor rate of $85/hr and 50 tasks/week. Estimates only — actual results vary.

Workflow steps

  1. 1

    Capture new inquiry

    trigger

    Receive a new intake from form, chat, referral, or call lead.

    Form or chat
  2. 2

    Ask qualification questions

    classify
    AI

    Run a conditional intake script to collect matter type, jurisdiction, and incident date.

    Form or chat
  3. 3

    Score fit and urgency

    condition
    AI

    Score the inquiry against firm-defined criteria for fit, jurisdiction, and urgency.

  4. 4

    Create intake record

    create_record

    Save the qualified intake to CRM or case system with all collected data.

    Calendar or CRM
  5. 5

    Notify staff for review

    approval
    Approval

    Alert intake staff to review qualified or sensitive matters before engagement.

    Email
  6. 6

    Offer booking or callback

    send_message

    Send the lead a booking link or schedule an outbound callback window.

    Calendar or CRM

Metrics tracked

speed
Speed to Lead
< 5 min
Time from inquiry to first qualified response.
conversion
Qualified Consult Rate
> 35%
Percentage of intakes that convert to a booked consult.
efficiency
After-Hours Capture Rate
100%
Percentage of after-hours leads captured automatically.

Required integrations

Calendar or CRM
Book consults and store intake records.
crm
Email
Send qualification follow-ups and staff notifications.
email
Form or chat
Capture new intakes from website or chat widget.
forms

Optional

Case management
Sync intake data with case management system.
other
SMS
Send SMS follow-ups when phone is preferred.
sms
Phone system
Trigger automated callbacks for phone leads.
phone
Fallback behavior

Send to intake queue for manual screening.

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