1. Professional Services GRC
  2. Who it's for
  3. Legal services teams
Who it's for

Legal services teams

A legal services team can scope reviews by operating unit and keep internal evidence distinct from files approved for sharing.

How Professional Services GRC is set up for you

Scope the work

An Assessment Owner sets the organization, unit, period and question being reviewed.

Keep control ownership clear

A Control Owner links the risk to the practice the tester will inspect.

Record the exception

Assessment Tester enters the sample, outcome and evidence reference before raising a finding.

Separate judgment

Independent Reviewer decides a review or retest after examining the recorded work.

A legal services team can scope reviews by operating unit and keep internal evidence distinct from files approved for sharing.

Select one client-facing unit and one control review. Agree which attachments are Internal and which may be Shared before submitting the review.

A pilot should use a real sample and an actual handoff between people. If a test fails, record the finding against its assessment and control, assign corrective work with a due date, and ask a different person to retest. If a client control review is needed, put its scope and contract requirement on that review record. The approval decision belongs to its source revision; the parent assessment has its own progress and closure.

Agree on the meaning of severity, evidence visibility and active control status before people begin using the lists. Check that the organization and business unit names match the work under review. A clear code for each unit and control will help colleagues find earlier tests when a client or internal reviewer asks about a recurring issue.

Features to start with

Roles on the team

Assessment Owner
Scopes assessments and coordinates tests and client reviews.
Control Owner
Maintains risk-linked controls and supports test preparation.
Assessment Tester
Records control test outcomes and raises findings with supporting evidence.
Remediation Owner
Owns corrective work, due dates and evidence after a finding is raised.
Independent Reviewer
Reviews assurance revisions and retests corrective work independently.

Set up Professional Services GRC your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started