# LegalClerk.ai — AI legal receptionist that answers law firm calls 24/7, runs intake and books consultations.

> Source: Receptionist Index — https://receptionistindex.com/legalclerk-ai (structured, researched, re-verified)
> Facts last verified: 2026-10-15

LegalClerk.ai is an AI legal receptionist and answering service for law firms, answering calls around the clock, running practice-area intake scripts and booking consultations. It is sold as one flat per-seat plan with unlimited calls, plus a quoted enterprise tier.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://legalclerk.ai/ |
| Price | from $400/seat per month |
| Free trial | Partly |

7-day free trial, self-serve from the signup page; no standing $0 plan. The vendor's terms elsewhere describe a 3-day initial free trial period, so trial length is stated inconsistently. Card requirement for the trial is not stated.

## What it costs at your call volume

**Cost at 100 calls a month** · Yes — $400 a month on Unlimited Calls for 100 calls of 2.5 minutes.

> $0 Setup fee + $400per seat/month
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Unlimited Calls plan card price cell

**Cost at 500 calls a month** · Yes — $400 a month on Unlimited Calls for 500 calls of 2.5 minutes.

> $0 Setup fee + $400per seat/month
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Unlimited Calls plan card price cell

**What it bills by** · Yes — Billed as a flat per-seat monthly subscription with unlimited calls included, so the fee does not move with the number of calls or minutes answered.

> $0 Setup fee + $400per seat/month
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Unlimited Calls plan card price cell

**Past your allowance** · Partly — The vendor advertises no overage charges on its unlimited plan, but its own terms reserve a fair-use ceiling of 3,000 minutes per user per month and allow individual limits beyond that.

> General summary limit applicable to all Customer's numbers of 3,000 (three thousand) minutes per user per month.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/terms · Section 5, Fair Use Policy, first bullet

**Spam calls not billed** · Yes — The vendor's own comparison table claims AI-powered spam blocking, though it does not say whether filtered robocalls are excluded from any usage counting.

> Yes – AI-powered
> — https://legalclerk.ai/comparison/smith-ai · Head-to-Head comparison table, Spam Blocking row, Legal Clerk column

## What it does on the call

**Books appointments** · Yes — It books consultations during the call and syncs them to the firm's calendar rather than only texting the caller a scheduling link.

> Let us book consultations, manage scheduled appointments, sync calendars, and reduce back-and-forth. Works with your existing tools and software.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · Everything Your Receptionist Should Handle section, Appointment Scheduling card

**Transfers to a person** · Yes — Priority calls can be warm-transferred to the firm, and callers can be screened against criteria the firm sets before any transfer happens.

> We can warm-transfer priority calls, screen calls according to your criteria, hold messages, or escalate urgent ones, based on your preferences.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · Everything Your Receptionist Should Handle section, Call Transfers and Voicemail Handling card

**After-hours rules** · Yes — The firm controls when the AI picks up, so it can run after-hours and weekends only or full time, and the vendor states coverage runs nights, weekends and holidays.

> Absolutely. Whether you need a full-time law firm answering service or just support during off-hours, LegalClerk adjusts to your needs. You control when the AI receptionist picks up.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · FAQs, 'Can I use LegalClerk only after hours or on weekends?'

**Urgent calls escalated** · Yes — Urgent calls are escalated on the firm's rules, and serious personal injury intakes are flagged for a priority attorney callback rather than left as a message.

> Serious cases with high liability and medical evidence are flagged for priority attorney callback.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · Personal Injury Law section, Custom Urgency Flags step

**Human receptionists as backup** · Partly — Handoff to a live human agent is listed only on the quoted Enterprise Plan, and even there it is marked optional; the published $400 plan names no human fallback.

> Escalation to live agent (optional)
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Enterprise Plan feature list

**Asks your questions** · Yes — The firm defines the intake questions and call flow in plain English, and the AI qualifies leads by matching answers to the firm's practice areas before passing them on.

> You define the questions. You set the rules. LegalClerk follows them, with perfect consistency. Update call flows, tweak intake steps, or reroute leads in just a few clicks.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · Why LegalClerk? section, Custom Call Scripts and Workflows card

## What you get after the call

**Call summary by text** · Partly — Structured call summaries with transcripts are included on the paid plan and reach the firm's inbox or CRM, but no page states a summary is sent by SMS after each call.

> Call summaries + transcripts
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Unlimited Calls feature list

**Recordings and transcripts** · Yes — Every call is recorded and documented with transcripts and summaries, and the log is timestamped and retrievable for audit or review.

> Every call is recorded, documented, and delivered with HIPAA-grade security and detailed summaries.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · Everything Your Receptionist Should Handle section, Secure Messaging and Call Logs card

## What it connects to

**Google Calendar** · Yes — The vendor names Google Calendar and Calendly directly, and publishes an Outlook Calendar integration page, with appointments synced automatically after the call.

> Yes. LegalClerk connects with tools like Clio, Lawmatics, Google Calendar, Calendly, and more. New leads, appointments, and intake summaries are automatically synced.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · FAQs, 'Can LegalClerk integrate with my CRM or calendar?'

**Outlook** · Yes — The vendor names Google Calendar and Calendly directly, and publishes an Outlook Calendar integration page, with appointments synced automatically after the call.

> Yes. LegalClerk connects with tools like Clio, Lawmatics, Google Calendar, Calendly, and more. New leads, appointments, and intake summaries are automatically synced.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · FAQs, 'Can LegalClerk integrate with my CRM or calendar?'

**Calendly** · Yes — The vendor names Google Calendar and Calendly directly, and publishes an Outlook Calendar integration page, with appointments synced automatically after the call.

> Yes. LegalClerk connects with tools like Clio, Lawmatics, Google Calendar, Calendly, and more. New leads, appointments, and intake summaries are automatically synced.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · FAQs, 'Can LegalClerk integrate with my CRM or calendar?'

**CRM, Zapier and webhooks** · Yes — Callers are written into legal CRMs including Clio and MyCase on the paid plan; the site documents no Zapier connector or outbound webhook for sending call data elsewhere.

> CRM integrations (Clio, MyCase & more)
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Unlimited Calls feature list

**Your trade’s software** · Yes — It connects to the legal practice-management software firms run on, naming Clio, MyCase and PracticePanther for scheduling and case management.

> Our platform integrates seamlessly with leading legal practice management tools like Clio, MyCase, or PracticePanther.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/feature/legal-receptionist · Seamless Integration with Legal Practice Management Software section

## Trying it, starting and leaving

**Free trial or free plan** · Partly — A 7-day free trial is the only free way in and it is self-serve from the signup page, but there is no standing free plan you can keep using on a live line.

> Start your free 7-day trial in 60 seconds.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/comparison/smith-ai · Hero section, below the Try For Free button

**Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — You can sign up and configure it yourself without a sales call, and the vendor says most firms are live in under ten minutes; a demo booking is offered but not required.

> Most firms go live in under 10 minutes.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · How It Works section, closing line

**Setup fee** · No — There is no one-time setup or onboarding fee on the published plan; the plan card states the setup charge explicitly as zero alongside the monthly price.

> $0 setup fee
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Unlimited Calls feature list, final item

**Contract and cancelling** · Partly — Marketing pages promise month-to-month billing with cancellation in the dashboard, but the terms state the service is billed annually in advance and non-refundable, so the two disagree.

> The Service is billed in advance on an annual basis and is non-refundable.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/terms · Section 7.8 Refunds

## Which languages it speaks, and how it sounds

**Languages** · Partly — The vendor's comparison table names English, Spanish and Italian, while multilingual intake is also listed as an Enterprise Plan feature, so plan coverage of languages is inconsistent.

> Yes - offers English, Spanish & Italian
> — https://legalclerk.ai/comparison/smith-ai · Head-to-Head comparison table, Bilingual row, Legal Clerk column

**Hear it before you buy** · Yes — A live AI voice agent can be spoken to immediately from the feature pages, and a demo subdomain is linked throughout the site for a self-serve trial call.

> Instant Legal Intake, 24/7, Speak to Our AI Voice Agent Right Now
> — https://legalclerk.ai/feature/legal-intake · Below the hero buttons, demo widget heading

## Your phone number and where it works

**Keep your number** · Yes — You keep your existing number and forward calls to a dedicated AI receptionist number the vendor provides, which answers from the first ring.

> Route calls to your dedicated AI receptionist number. We handle every call from the first ring, 24/7.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · How It Works section, step 3 Forward Your Calls

**Move your number in** · Yes — The terms allow an existing number to be ported in through the account administrator, and state numbers can be ported out again before cancellation, though the firm must arrange the port-out itself.

> the Customer may request a LegalClerk Number or may port its existing numbers (“Existing Number”) into the Customer’s Account subject to the terms and conditions herein
> — https://legalclerk.ai/terms · Section 6.2 Portability

## Who it is built for

**Industries it is set up for** · Yes — It ships practice-area intake logic and scripts for personal injury, family, criminal defense, immigration, real estate and business law, with dedicated pages per specialty.

> It is a purpose-built AI legal intake specialist that knows the difference between a PI lead and a custody dispute, and asks the exact questions your staff would
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · Trained for Your Practice Area section, intro paragraph

**Several locations or numbers** · Partly — Several locations under one account is an Enterprise Plan feature only, and because that tier is custom-quoted the vendor publishes no per-location or per-number price.

> Multi-location team management
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Enterprise Plan feature list

## Getting set up and getting help

**Setup help** · Yes — Setup is guided with proven intake templates and the integrations team builds the workflow at no extra cost, with the vendor claiming firms go live in under ten minutes.

> Tell us what you want LegalClerk to ask, capture, and qualify. Use our proven templates or build your own script, in plain English.
> — https://legalclerk.ai/ · How It Works section, step 2 Customize Your Intake Flow

**Support** · Partly — Email and Slack priority support with a dedicated account manager is named only on the quoted Enterprise Plan; the $400 plan's support channels and hours are not published.

> Priority support (email + Slack)
> — https://legalclerk.ai/pricing · Pricing plans, Enterprise Plan feature list

## What changed

- 2026-10-15 — Capabilities · Free tier · Plan limits · Price · Terms

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