---
title: ILegalService
summary: API reference for ILegalService.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Doc Gen
last_reviewed: 2026-09-24
library: SAIF.SAIFCode.Core
reference_type: package
---

# ILegalService

`ILegalService` declares a service contract in the Legal area, implemented outside this library (most likely in SAIF.Services, per the declare-here, enforce-elsewhere pattern documented for this library)*.

## Purpose
- Declares the operations that a SAIF.Services implementation must provide for the Legal area*.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Core.Contracts.Legal`
- Kind: Interface
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Core` (NuGet package `SAIF.SAIFCode.Core`)

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `LegalAttorneyList` | `List<LegalEmployee> LegalAttorneyList { get; set; }` | Contains the collection of LegalEmployee entries associated with this ILegalService*. |
| `DetermineAssignedAttorney` | `void DetermineAssignedAttorney(CaseInfo caseInfo)` | Handles determine assigned attorney, given `caseInfo`*. |
| `GetClaimNumber` | `string GetClaimNumber(long legalCaseId)` | Returns claim number, given `legalCaseId`*. |
| `UserHasLNConflictAccess` | `bool UserHasLNConflictAccess()` | Handles user has LN conflict access*. |

> **Note:** Statements marked with `*` were inferred from code structure, naming
> conventions, or contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available
> in source artifacts. Statements marked with `**` could not be confirmed; treat
> as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- Core/SAIF.Core/Contracts/Legal/ILegalService.cs