For law firms
Get engagement letters signed without printing them.
Send the engagement letter by email, even while the client is still on the phone with you. The client signs in their browser, the responsible lawyer countersigns, and you keep a sealed copy for the file. Maple eSign is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada. It’s free to use, and you can sign up online, for yourself or your team.
Joint retainers
Joint clients sign first, then the lawyer countersigns.
Both clients can sign the conflict waiver at the same time, each on their own phone. Each one sees only their own signature field. When both have signed, the responsible lawyer countersigns, and a copy goes to the matter file.
Templates
Set up each letter once, reuse it on every matter.
Save your engagement letter, conflict waiver, fee agreement and settlement release as templates. The fields stay where you put them, and only the client and the matter change.
Who owns it and where it runs
Canadian company, Canadian hosting.
A company can host in Canada without being Canadian. Maple eSign is both.
- The companyCanadian-ownedOperated by Scrawlr Development Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, as the Privacy Policy states.
- The hostingHosted in CanadaThe application, its database, document storage and backups run in Google Cloud’s Montreal region.
Before you send a will
Some documents are left out of the electronic commerce laws.
Ontario’s and British Columbia’s electronic commerce laws let clients sign most documents electronically, but not the ones listed here. Check your own province’s rules before you send one of these, whichever e-signature service you use.
What the Acts leave out
Ontario
Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 s. 31(1)- Wills and codicils
- Trusts created by wills or codicils
- Powers of attorney for a person’s finances or personal care
- Negotiable instruments
- Documents named in a regulation
- Documents of title (s. 31(2))
British Columbia
Electronic Transactions Act s. 2(4)- Wills
- Trusts created by wills
- Powers of attorney for a person’s finances or personal care
- Documents that create or transfer an interest in land and must be registered to bind third parties
- Records named in a regulation
- Negotiable instruments and documents of title (s. 2(5))
We read both Acts on October 26, 2026. BC has allowed electronic wills under its Wills, Estates and Succession Act since December 1, 2021, following that Act’s own rules.
Open your next matter with Maple eSign.
It’s free to use, and you can sign up online, for yourself or your team.