--- sourceDocument: Australia Employee Service Management sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/employee-service-management Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - Australia Employee Service Management ft:clusterId : - emplsm bundleId : - emplsm workflow : - Employee --- # Legal Simple Contracts # Legal Simple Contracts {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated March 12, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Legal Simple Contracts The ServiceNow® Legal Simple Contracts application enables employees to submit legal requests for contract-related support, such as creating Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) or reviewing sales and third-party contracts. The legal department can centrally manage and process these requests efficiently. Show full answer Show less **Important:** Legal Simple Contracts is now deprecated and no longer supported or available for new activation. Existing users are encouraged to migrate data to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery to benefit from enhanced contract management capabilities. ## Migration and Enhanced Features Contract Management Pro offers advanced features compared to Legal Simple Contracts, including: * Clause management for maintaining a library of clauses and variations. * Clause variations that enable dynamic content placement in Microsoft Word contract templates based on specific conditions. * Support for reviewing and finalizing multiple contract documents within a single request, streamlining third-party contract reviews. Migration requires installing the licensed Contract Management Pro application and running the migration script designed specifically for transferring data to the Legal Contract Repository. Contact your ServiceNow account team to discuss entitlement and licensing for Contract Management Pro. ## Key Capabilities * **Explore:** Understand how employees, paralegal staff, and lawyers interact with the application. * **Setup:** Configure contract templates, deflection rules, and third-party integrations. * **Request:** Submit and track legal contract requests easily. * **Manage:** Oversee and process legal contract requests from a centralized location. * **Analytics and Reporting:** Use preconfigured dashboards to coordinate work and improve contract-related processes. * **Reference:** Access information on roles, tables, plugins, and installed store applications. ## Additional Resources * Visit the ServiceNow Store to view available applications and learn about submitting requests. * Access cumulative release notes through the ServiceNow Store version history. * Utilize the Legal Service Delivery community forum and the Known Error Portal for troubleshooting. * Contact Customer Service and Support for further assistance. The ServiceNow® Legal Simple Contracts application enables employees to submit legal requests for getting legal support and guidance for contracts. For example, they can submit legal requests for the creation of Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) documents with third parties or the review of sales contracts or third-party contracts. The legal department can manage and process them from a centralized location. For example, employees can submit legal requests for the creation of NDA documents with third parties or the review of sales contracts or third-party contracts. The legal department can manage and process these requests from a centralized location.{#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__ph_legal-simple-contracts} Important: Legal Simple Contracts is now deprecated and no longer supported or available for new activation. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support knowledge base. You can migrate your data from Legal Simple Contracts to Contract Management Pro to take advantage of the enhanced features available in Contract Management Pro. The migration script is designed only for migrating data from Legal Simple Contracts to the Legal Contract Repository, which applies specifically to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery. Contact your ServiceNow account team to learn about entitlement for the paid Contract Management Pro application. ## Migration considerations {#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__section_bjc_3kd_b1c} Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery supports the following additional features as compared to Legal Simple Contracts. * Clause management to effectively manage a library of clauses and clause variations. * Clause variations for a Microsoft Word document template to dynamically place content in a contract depending on specified conditions. * Multiple document support for third-party contract reviews that enables reviewing and finalizing multiple contract documents from a single request. {#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__ul_cjc_3kd_b1c} If you want to start using the features, migrate the Legal Simple Contracts data to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery, a licensed application that must be installed separately. For more information, see [Migrating to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/vA4EAu3XCL_RKqXPM2Ausw "Migrating from Legal Simple Contracts to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery enables you to use Microsoft Word templates and contract templates."). |-|-|-| | [Explore Learn about how employees, paralegal staff, and lawyers use Legal Simple Contracts.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/70hhxhXrztXncJer2aCCLQ "Legal Simple Contracts enables employees to submit legal requests for the creation or review of contracts with third parties, such as vendors, customers, and partners. The legal department can manage and process these submitted legal requests for contracts from a centralized location.") | [Setup Set up contract templates, deflection rules, third-party integrations, and other configurations.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/FvJkcrCGHT9vdVBLUPwhww "Set up the foundation data for legal simple contracts so employees can use them to submit a legal request to the legal department.") | [Request Submit and track legal requests for contracts.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lCN~ASLhZhDmree_i9dx5A "Employees can submit legal requests for creating non-disclosure agreement (NDA) contracts with third parties such as vendors, customers, and partners. The legal department can manage and process these requested changes from a centralized location.") | | [Manage Manage legal requests for contracts.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5v81Vod7dTPXwSCDYUuWyg "As a member of the legal contracts support team, review and revise a contract document as per the requested changes. Upload the revised document to the request and send the document to the requester from within the request.") | [Analytics and Reporting Coordinate work and improve processes with preconfigured dashboards.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/n6fpCD1KtgcJmy2C_PEmxA "Analytics and Reporting Solutions contain prepackaged Performance Analytics content for use with other ServiceNow AI Platform products. This Analytics and Reporting Solution enables data-driven decision making through insights and trends derived from legal services and operations data.") | [Reference Get details about components such as roles, tables, plugins, and store applications that are installed.](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/b0SPfPIZxCNsJUV8wAlSXA "Reference topics provide additional information about the lists and forms that you use in Legal Simple Contracts.") | [ ] {#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__table_iwv_lpv_klb} ## Request apps on the Store {#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__id_r2y_423_3tb} Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/store-release-notes/sn-store-release-notes.html).{#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__inline-send-to-store} ## Troubleshoot and get help {#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__section_epq_skg_1nb} * [Ask or answer questions in the Legal Service Delivery community forum](https://community.servicenow.com/community) * [Search the Known Error Portal for known error articles](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0597477) * [Contact Customer Service and Support](https://support.servicenow.com/now?draw=case) {#legal-simple-contracts-landing-page__ul_hqp_tkg_1nb}