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Legal Consultation Booking Form

Paid or free consultations booked with matter type, urgency and fee acknowledgement.

A ready-to-use legal & professional services form for law firms and in-house legal teams: 12 questions, 1 page, 4 conditional rules.

Questions
12
Pages
1
Layouts
card · classic
Conditional rules
4
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  • Payment items priced — passingEvery payment question charges a real amount, so a submission always records a payment.
  • Conditional logic resolves — passingEvery rule points at a question or page that exists in this template.
  • Legal text not required — passingThis template collects neither health nor regulated financial information.
  • Question labels unique — passingLogic and exports address questions by label, so duplicates are ambiguous.

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Who this template is for

Legal Consultation Booking Form is built for law firms and in-house legal teams who need to intake a matter with the facts, parties and consent recorded.

  • Law firms and in-house legal teams working in legal & professional services.
  • Teams who need to intake a matter with the facts, parties and consent recorded without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing conflict checks delayed by missing intake detail with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are clients and claimants — the form asks them 12 questions across 1 screen.
  • Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of conflict checks delayed by missing intake detail and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 8 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
  • It captures a phone number for urgent follow-up.
  • It pins the request to a specific date.
  • Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Legal Consultation Booking Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  5. 5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 4 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features advanced show logic: if “Consultation type” is Video, the form dynamically exposes “Video link note”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Consultation type” is Video, the form dynamically exposes “Time zone”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Matter type” is Family, the form dynamically exposes “Are there safeguarding or urgent safety concerns?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Matter type” is Family, “Are there safeguarding or urgent safety concerns?” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Solicitors rarely offer unlimited free time, so a booking form that only captures a date and time misses the details that decide whether the appointment goes ahead at all. This one starts with matter type and format, because in person, video and phone consultations are booked into different diary slots at most firms. Selecting video opens a note about the joining link along with a time zone field, since remote consultations regularly involve clients calling from outside the office's usual hours. The fee acknowledgement question sits near the end rather than the start, once the client has already committed to the booking, which reduces the number of people who abandon the form early over a figure they have not yet weighed against their situation. Family matters carry an additional safeguarding question that only appears for that matter type, because a firm handling a live safety concern needs to know before the appointment, not during it, so the right person can be briefed in advance.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Book a consultation

  • Full namerequired
  • Email addressrequired
  • Phone numberrequired
  • Matter typerequired
  • Consultation typerequired
  • Video link note
  • Time zone
  • Preferred daterequired
  • Preferred time
  • Brief descriptionrequired
  • Are there safeguarding or urgent safety concerns?
  • Consultation fee acknowledgedrequired

12 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 4 conditional rules, grouped into 3 behaviours driven by 2 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Consultation type

  • Reveals questions

    If “Consultation type” is Video, the form reveals “Video link note” and “Time zone”.

Driven by “Matter type

  • Reveals questions

    If “Matter type” is Family, the form reveals “Are there safeguarding or urgent safety concerns?”.

  • Makes answers required

    If “Matter type” is Family, “Are there safeguarding or urgent safety concerns?” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    Confirm the format before the fee question

    Committing to a slot before weighing the fee reduces early drop-off on the form.

  2. 2

    Treat a video booking as a time zone problem

    Ask for the time zone up front so the calendar invite lands in the right hour for the client.

  3. 3

    Brief the right person on family safeguarding answers

    A yes here should reach a senior fee earner before the appointment, not after.

  4. 4

    Send intake straight after booking

    Pair the confirmation email with the Legal Client Intake Form so the meeting starts prepared.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Booking a video consultation without asking the client's time zone.
  • Placing the fee acknowledgement first, which discourages people from finishing the form.
  • Treating every family matter enquiry the same without checking for urgent safety concerns.

What it pairs with

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What to do with the responses

Confirm the appointment, brief the fee earner on any safeguarding flag, and send the client intake form ahead of the meeting.

Works in both layouts

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Privacy & compliance

This form collects identity or financial details. Enable encrypted answers on the sensitive fields, avoid emailing full values in notifications, and delete responses once the check is complete.

Frequently asked questions

Should consultations always carry a fee?

Many firms charge for the first consultation; this form simply records that the client has acknowledged it before booking.

How is the safeguarding question handled confidentially?

Route it to a senior fee earner only, separate from general booking administration.

Can this be used for a free initial call instead?

Yes, change the acknowledgement wording to reflect that no fee applies.

What happens after the consultation is booked?

Send the client intake form so the fee earner has full context before the appointment.

Is the Legal Consultation Booking Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Legal Consultation Booking Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Legal Consultation Booking Form template ask for?

It asks 12 questions across 1 page, 8 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Legal Consultation Booking Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the card and classic layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this legal & professional services form work?

4 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “Consultation type” is Video, the form dynamically exposes “Video link note”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Consultation type” is Video, the form dynamically exposes “Time zone”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Matter type” is Family, the form dynamically exposes “Are there safeguarding or urgent safety concerns?”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Legal Consultation Booking Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Legal Consultation Booking Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

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