Law firm conflict check software that finds the name your spreadsheet missed
Jural searches every name on a new matter against the clients, adverse parties, related persons and entities already in the firm's records, catches spelling variants and former names, and hands the responsible attorney a conflict report to clear, waive or decline. The search takes seconds, the decision stays with a lawyer, and every step is recorded.
One search across everything the firm already knows
A conflict search is only as good as the list it runs against. In many firms that list lives in three places: the billing system, an old spreadsheet, and the memory of the partner who has been there longest. Jural keeps one register of names built from intake, open and closed matters, declined inquiries and the parties extracted from documents you upload. When a new matter comes in, every name on it is searched against that register in one pass.
- Current and former clients, with the matters they appear in
- Adverse parties, opposing counsel and co-defendants from past and present matters
- Related persons and entities such as spouses, parents and subsidiaries, officers, guarantors and insurers
- Prospective clients from declined or pending intakes, with the reason and date of the decision
- Parties named in uploaded pleadings, contracts and correspondence, once a person confirms them
Fuzzy matching that reads names the way people write them
Exact match misses most real conflicts. Jural compares names by spelling, sound and structure, so "Katherine O'Neil" finds "Kathy ONeill", "Smith Holdings LLC" finds "Smith Holding Co.", and a married name finds the maiden name recorded on an old divorce file. Common corporate suffixes, punctuation, middle initials and nicknames are normalized before the search runs. Each hit shows why it matched, so the reviewer can dismiss noise quickly and look hard at the hits that matter.
A conflict report built for attorney sign-off
The result is not a list of raw database rows. Jural groups hits by the name searched, shows the matter, the role the person or entity held, the responsible attorney on that matter, whether the matter is open or closed, and the dates. The reviewing attorney marks each hit as no conflict, potential conflict or actual conflict, adds a note, and clears the matter, requests a waiver or declines. The report and the decision are saved with the matter.
From new name to cleared matter step by step
- A name enters Jural through legal intake software, a new matter, or a party added to an existing matter
- Jural normalizes the name, adds the related persons and entities captured on the intake, and runs the search
- Hits are ranked by match strength and grouped by the name that produced them
- The conflict report goes to the attorney responsible for the new matter, who reviews each hit
- The attorney records a decision for each hit and a decision for the matter as a whole
- Clearance, waiver request or decline is logged with the person and time in the activity log
- Names added later in the matter, such as a new defendant or a third-party witness, trigger a fresh search automatically
Waivers and declined matters
When a potential conflict needs informed consent, Jural can draft the waiver letter from the firm's own template through legal document automation software, for attorney editing before it goes out. When the firm declines, the inquiry and its names stay in the register with the reason, and a non-engagement letter can be drafted the same way. Nothing about a declined prospective client is deleted from conflict records by default, because those names matter in later searches.
Bringing in your existing records
Most firms arrive with years of names in other places. You can import a CSV of clients, adverse parties and related names, map the columns once, and Jural adds them to the register with their matter numbers and roles. Imported names are searchable from the first day, so the first new matter you open in Jural is checked against your history and not just against what was entered this week.
What the conflict check does not decide
- It does not decide whether a conflict exists under the rules of professional conduct that apply to you. An attorney reviews the report and makes that call.
- It does not search names the firm never recorded. If a relationship was never written down anywhere in Jural or in your imported records, the search cannot find it.
- It does not obtain client consent. It drafts a waiver for attorney review, and your firm sends it and keeps the signed copy.
- It does not search public registries or outside databases. The register is your firm's own records.
- It does not give legal advice. Every report is a working document for the attorney who signs it.
Who runs conflict searches in Jural
Intake coordinators and paralegals run the search while the prospective client is still on the phone, so the consult is not booked before the names are cleared. Responsible attorneys review and sign the report. Managing partners and general counsel of the firm use the register to answer lateral hire questions, check a new corporate client's family of entities, and see how many inquiries were declined because of conflicts. Solo attorneys use it to stop relying on memory for a practice that has grown past a few hundred files.
Lateral hires and firm mergers
When an attorney joins with a book of business, their client and adverse party list can be imported as a separate batch and searched against the firm's register before the start date. The report shows every overlap in one place, so the firm can clear, screen or decline before the new partner's matters move over.
Conflict check on every plan
Every plan includes the conflict search, fuzzy matching and the attorney sign-off report. On Solo the search runs across the records of your one or two seats. On Firm and Enterprise it runs firm-wide across every matter and every attorney, and per-matter access walls let a screened lawyer see that a hit exists without opening the matter behind it. Enterprise adds custom roles and audit log export. Yearly billing is the default and saves 50 percent: $24, $49 and $99 per user per month. Compare plans on ai legal assistant pricing.
FAQ
No, Jural finds and organizes the hits, and an attorney decides whether each one is a conflict and records the decision.
Yes, if the former name is recorded in an intake, a matter or an imported file, Jural links both names and searches them together.
On Firm and Enterprise the report shows that a hit exists while the matter behind it stays closed to anyone outside its access wall.
Yes, you can import a CSV of clients, adverse parties and related names with matter numbers, and they become searchable right away.
Yes, any new party or related name added to a matter triggers a new search and a new report for the responsible attorney.
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