Track your CounselLink invoices from your own systems

What you can build on CounselLink

• Get rejected invoices

  Build this

  Reads the invoices behind Rejected by Billing Guidelines and Rejected by Client on the Billing panel, with the client's rejection note and the issues found.

  Takes

  Rejection type (optional), client (optional)

  Returns

  Invoice number, client, matter, submission date, total, rejection type, rejection note, issues

• Get approved invoices and payments

  Build this

  Searches the Invoices tab for Workflow Status Approved in a Last Invoice Approved Date range and reads the amount summary and any payment the client has posted.

  Takes

  Approved from date, approved to date, client (optional)

  Returns

  Invoice number, client, matter, approved date, amount approved, adjustments, left to pay, payments

• Get requested accruals

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  Reads the accruals behind the Requested link on the Billing panel, then each accrual's due date, instructions and matters on its overview page.

  Takes

  Client (optional)

  Returns

  Accrual name, client, due date, instructions, period, matters, amounts entered

• Enter accrual amounts for matters

  Build this

  Opens a requested accrual, adds any missing matters, enters the amount for each matter and submits the accrual before its Due Date.

  Takes

  Accrual name, list of matter ID and amount, submit or save

  Returns

  Accrual name, due date, matters updated, status

Automate CounselLink with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Newly rejected invoices, with the client's note

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get the rejected invoices from both Rejected by Billing Guidelines and Rejected by Client.

  Step 2

  Keep the invoices that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you each one with client, matter, total, rejection type and the rejection note.

• Approved invoices handed to accounting

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 18:00

  Step 1

  Get the invoices approved since yesterday, with amount approved and any payments posted.

  Step 2

  Stop when there are none.

  Step 3

  Post invoice number, client, matter, amount approved, adjustments and left to pay to your accounting webhook.

• Accrual requests due in the next 14 days

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00

  Step 1

  Get the requested accruals with their due dates and matters.

  Step 2

  Keep the accruals due within the next 14 days.

  Step 3

  Email you the list by client, with due date, instructions and the matters still without an amount.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get rejected invoices” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "counsellink.net/get_rejected_invoices",
    "input": {
      "client": "Acme Corporation"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "invoices": [
      {
        "invoice_number": "INV-20417",
        "client": "Acme Corporation",
        "matter": "Northwind supply agreement dispute",
        "submission_date": "2026-11-03",
        "total": 18420,
        "currency": "USD",
        "rejection_type": "Rejected by Billing Guidelines",
        "rejection_note": null,
        "issues": [
          "Block-billed time entries"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

CounselLink’s own options

LexisNexis documents the CounselLink Integration API for client customers, the corporate legal departments: it sends them invoice data and takes payments, matters and budgets. Keys come from a Business Consultant during implementation. Law firms submit invoices as LEDES files, by email or on screen, and export search results to CSV.

Read on November 12, 2026: CounselLink Integration API, Invoice Workflow Process, Creating Invoice Reports.

Signing in to CounselLink

Law firm users sign in to CounselLink with a username and password, then a code sent by email or text message, which expires after 10 minutes. Remember this Device skips the code for 30 days. With Fous you sign in once through CounselLink's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, and when your code comes by email that step is handled and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Two places an invoice can be rejected

Imported invoices pass a validation review and a billing guideline review before the client sees them. A rejection shows under Rejected by Billing Guidelines or, after the client's review, Rejected by Client.

Payments are made outside CounselLink

Once an invoice is approved, payment is processed outside CounselLink. Payment data appears on the Payments tab only when your client posts it, so not every client will show payments.

Accrual amounts lock at the due date

You cannot edit accrual amounts after the Due Date for that period. A matter must be added to the accrual before its amount can be entered, with up to 12 rows per matter.

Sunday maintenance window

CounselLink has a maintenance window every Sunday from 12am to 6am Eastern. Schedule workflows outside it.

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