Overview
Legl sends email notifications to firm users at key points across Engage, Risk Assessments, and Ongoing Monitoring. This article explains every notification you may receive as a firm user, what triggers each one, and how to configure them.
Engage notifications
Engage request completion
The assigned reviewer receives an email notification when a client completes an Engage request. The email includes a direct link to the completed request in Legl.
The email subject and body include the client's name, and the matter reference where one is set in Legl.
The reviewer is set when the Engage request is created and can be updated from within the request.
Weekly Engage requests summary
Every Monday at 9am, the fee earner who created an Engage request receives an Engage Requests Summary email. It lists their requests that clients have not completed yet.
For each request, the email shows the client's name, when the request was created, its status, and whether reminders are on. Select View to open your requests in Legl.
When a client completes a request, the assigned reviewer is notified separately. If the request has not been reviewed by the following Monday, it is included in the weekly reviewers summary.
Weekly Engage reviewers summary
Every Monday at 9am, each assigned reviewer receives an Engage Reviewers Summary email. It lists the requests that are ready for their review.
For each request, the email shows the client's name, the workflow, and when the client completed it. Select View to open the requests in Legl.
The email includes requests for both individuals and businesses that have been ready for review for up to 30 days.
MLRO email
The MLRO email can receive a copy of completed Engage requests. You can add more than one email address, separated by commas.
Your firm's Admin sets the MLRO email trigger to send this email whenever an engagement is completed, or just when EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence) is required.
Both settings are in Settings > Engage, under Compliance email notifications > General CDD completion notifications.
Email bounce notification
If a client email fails to deliver, Legl notifies the fee earner and/or the assigned reviewer, depending on how your firm's Admin has configured the notification settings in Settings > Engage.
E-signature counter-signing notification
If you add yourself as a counter-signer on an Engage e-signature request, you receive an email notification once the client has completed their signature and it is your turn to sign. The email includes a direct link to the document.
This notification is only sent when you have been added as an additional signer during request setup. It is not sent if you sign the document before sending it to the client.
Targeted compliance signal notifications
Admins can configure email alerts for high-risk compliance signals, so compliance teams receive direct notifications without relying on fee earners to surface them. Alerts can be sent to any email address, including a shared compliance inbox.
Set the recipients in Settings > Engage, under Compliance email notifications > Targeted compliance signal notifications. Each field takes one or more email addresses, separated by commas:
PEP notification recipients: notified when PEP (Politically Exposed Person) signals are detected during CDD or ongoing monitoring
Sanctions notification recipients: notified when sanctions signals are detected
High-risk country notification recipients: notified when contacts in high-risk countries are detected
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Ongoing Monitoring notifications
Monitoring alert assignment
When a company monitoring alert is assigned to you, you receive an email notification with the alert details and a direct link to the monitoring dashboard. This applies whether the alert is assigned to you individually or as part of a bulk assignment.
Weekly monitoring summary
Firms using Ongoing Monitoring receive a weekly summary email every Monday. It is sent to the people your firm has added as Summary email recipients in Governance > Custom monitoring > Configure > Alert emails, and covers outstanding alerts, monitoring coverage, and recent activity.
Important information
The Engage request completion notification is sent to the assigned reviewer only, not to the fee earner who created the request.
The e-signature counter-signing notification is only sent when you have been added as an additional signer during request setup. Signing before your client does not trigger a notification.
Targeted compliance signal notifications can be sent to multiple recipients, including shared inboxes.
The monitoring alert assignment email is sent each time an alert is assigned to you, whether assigned individually or in bulk.
The weekly Engage requests and reviewers summaries are sent every Monday at 9am and cannot be turned off in Settings.
The weekly monitoring summary is only available for firms using Ongoing Monitoring.
Notification settings are managed by Admins in Settings > Engage. Fee earners cannot configure their own notification preferences.
