When viewing, requesting or creating a matter, you may not be familiar with the terminology used. Outlined below is a description of all core matter fields
- Matter Name: The name of the legal project or case.
- Matter Reference: A reference number/ID for this matter.
- Customer Matter ID: An additional reference number/ID for this matter.
- Currency: The currency in which the matter overview page's spend figure will appear in. This does not affect the currency in which invoices need be for submission.
- Matter Category: The type of legal work this matter relates to.
- Entity: The legal entity of the customer that instructed this matter.
- Budget: The overall cost that has been budgeted for this matter.
- Department: Often the function (department) that instructed the matter. The use of this field varies depending on the customer.
- Internal Matter Lead: The lead in-house attorney with in your client that managing this case.
- Country: The location where this matter takes place. Often the same location as the vendor office on this matter but not necessarily.
- Lead Outside Counsel: The lead attorney in the vendor that manages this case.
If the field you are looking for a description of is not on this list, then it means it is a custom matter field. These fields are created by your client, who can assist you in understanding the purpose of this field.