Create an employee's legal aid account or log in to LAMS

Before you start

Before you can use LAMS, you need to:

• create an nidirect account
• create a LAMS account

You can’t create a LAMS account without an nidirect account.

Creating an nidirect account

To create an nidirect account, you need to provide:

• your name
• date of birth
• email
• work address

You’ll receive a confirmation code to your  email.

Once you’ve set up your nidirect account, you will need to create a LAMS account.

Creating a LAMS account

You must log in to your nidirect account before you can create your LAMS account.

To create your LAMS account, you will need:

• email address, password and memorable word used to create your nidirect account

Using LAMS

To use LAMS, you must be attached to the business by the business account administrator.  To get attached to your business, you must provide:

• your supplier reference number

You need to log in to your nidirect account and enter your personal identification number (PIN) to see cases or requests and draft applications and requests for legal aid. 

Additional information

For more information on LAMS, go to:

• Digitisation of legal aid

To find out how Legal Services Agency NI handles any personal information you send them, read their privacy notice:

• Legal Services Agency NI

Accessibility statement

To find out how accessible the nidirect rates payment service is and what is being done to improve accessibility, see accessibility statement on legal aid management system.