Legal Compliance Checklist

Managing client money is one of the highest-risk areas for any law firm. Small oversights in reconciliations, approvals or record-keeping can quickly escalate into serious compliance breaches.

This practical checklist helps law firms identify risk areas, strengthen financial controls and build more compliant client account processes.

Why This Guide Matters

Client account compliance isn’t just about ticking boxes. It’s about protecting your firm, your clients and your reputation.

Regulators expect firms to demonstrate:

Accurate and timely reconciliations
Clear audit trails
Strong internal controls
Proper segregation of client and office funds

This guide is designed to help you assess whether your current processes truly meet those expectations.

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What You’ll Learn

This checklist is designed for managing partners, COFAs, legal cashiers and operations teams, and supports anyone responsible for client account compliance. Inside, you’ll find practical guidance to help your firm:

Spot weaknesses in client account reconciliations
Improve audit readiness with better documentation
Reduce risk from manual, error-prone processes
Strengthen approval workflows and internal controls
Ensure staff understand their compliance responsibilities
Monitor financial risk before issues esculate

Each section includes clear checkpoints and explanations, making it easy to review your current approach and take action where needed. Whether you’re reviewing existing processes or preparing for an audit, this guide provides a clear, structured way to assess compliance.

Identify Hidden Compliance Risks

Even well run firms can have gaps in their client account processes. This checklist helps you spot common risk areas before they turn into regulatory issues.

Strengthen Financial Controls

Clear approvals and documented processes are essential for compliance. Use the checklist to review and reinforce the controls that protect your firm and your clients.

Stay Audit-Ready with Confidence

Audits are far easier when records are accurate, complete and easy to access. This guide helps ensure your reconciliations, documentation and internal reviews stand up to scruitny.

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What Makes This Checklist Different

Unlike high-level compliance advice, this guide focuses on practical, day to day client account management. It’s designed to be:

Easy to follow
Action-oriented
Relevant to real law firm workloads
Useful for internal reviews and team discussions

We created this guide to share proven compliance strategies used by firms just like yours. Use it as a regular compliance check, a training resource, or part of your audit preparation.

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Take a proactive approach to client account compliance and reduce avoidable risk in your firm.

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FAQ’s

What is the Legal Compliance Checklist for Law Firms?

It’s a practical guide that helps law firms review client account processes, identify common mistakes, and strengthen compliance with regulatory requirements.

What compliance issues does the checklist cover?

The guide covers key areas including client account reconciliations, audit documentation, segregation of funds, approval workflows, internal controls, risk monitoring, and staff training.

How can this checklist help my law firm?

By following the checklist, your firm can reduce the risk of regulatory breaches, improve audit preparedness, streamline client account management, and ensure financial processes are consistent and transparent.

Is this checklist suitable for all types of law firms?

Yes. Whether you run a small boutique firm or a large multi-office practice, the checklist provides actionable steps to improve compliance and protect client funds.

How do I download the checklist?

Simply fill out the form on this page with your details and click the download button to get instant access to the guide.