The Legal Social
The professional network built only for the legal fraternity.
A global professional network and social platform created only for the legal fraternity. Students, advocates, law professors, researchers and paralegals, together in one verified space.
THE PROBLEM
What this is here to fix.
Three things that make the work harder than it needs to be.
- 01
Legal careers still run on paper CVs and personal contacts.
Talent is invisible beyond one's own chamber or campus.
- 02
General networks are not built for law.
Professional conduct rules, practice areas and court-level communities do not fit generic platforms.
- 03
Legal work and legal knowledge are scattered.
Opportunities, resources and publishing live across dozens of disconnected places.
CAPABILITIES
What you can do inside
Eight capabilities that cover a legal career, from the first year of law school to a full practice.
Legal Portfolio
A website-grade personal portfolio covering academics, awards, achievements, work experience and payment links, with multiple professional themes. Designed to respect Bar Council rules on advertising and solicitation. The end of the graveyard of CVs.
Communities
Place-based (Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts), practice-area based (criminal, matrimonial, corporate, tax, NI Act, technology law) and interest-based (Women in Law, Legal Tech Founders). Public, private or closed.
Opportunities Board
Six engagement types: Permanent Role, Freelance Gig, Brief or Matter, Retainer, Secondment, and Pupillage or Internship, with profile-match scoring.
Legal Freelancing
Project-based legal work: research, drafting of agreements, deeds, pleadings and opinions, case management delegation, and court appearances.
Legal Marketplace
A marketplace for legal artefacts: e-books, precedent banks, drafting templates, PDFs and legal tech applications. Artefacts, not services.
Publish
Long-form publishing in six formats: Blog Post, Case Note, Research Paper, Academic Article, Practice Guide, and Opinion and Commentary.
Directory
Find and connect with legal professionals across India and globally.
Resource Hub
A single junction of research links across every sector and department a lawyer or law student needs.
HOW IT WORKS
How it works
Five steps from signing up to being found by the profession.
- 01
Join and get verified
Sign up as a student, advocate, professor, researcher or paralegal. Verification opens publishing, listings and opportunities.
- 02
Build your legal portfolio
Academics, awards, achievements, work experience and payment links in a website-grade profile with professional themes.
- 03
Join the rooms that matter
Follow the courts you appear in, the practice areas you work in and the interests you care about.
- 04
Find and take on work
Browse six engagement types on the Opportunities Board, take project-based freelance work and get matched to your profile.
- 05
Publish, sell and be found
Write in six long-form formats, list legal artefacts on the marketplace and stay discoverable in the directory.
WHO IT IS FOR
Built for the people who do the work.
Law students
Build a record before the first brief arrives.
Practising advocates
Be discoverable, take on work and stay close to your courts.
Law firms and chambers
Hire across six engagement types and delegate work with confidence.
Law professors and researchers
Publish long-form work and reach the profession directly.
Paralegals
Show verified experience and find project-based work.
Law schools
Bring the network to campus through the College Ambassador Program.
OUR APPROACH
How we build it.
The commitments that shape every release.
- Verification first
- Built for professional conduct rules
- Community-led growth
- AI brought in carefully over time
INSIDE THE PRODUCT
A look at the surfaces.
Neutral renderings of the screens the product is built around.
ROADMAP
Now, next and later.
Now
Portfolios, communities, opportunities, freelancing, marketplace, publishing on iOS, Android and web.
Next
Law school partnerships and paid Brief subscriptions.
Later
AI-assisted discovery and research across the network.
PRICING
Plans for every size of practice.
Transparent plans, billed in advance, cancellable at any time.
Member
Everything a legal professional needs to be present and be found.
Freealways
- Verified profile and legal portfolio
- Communities, directory and resource hub
- Opportunities Board access
- Publishing in six long-form formats
- Most chosen
Professional
For advocates and chambers running work through the network.
On request
- Marketplace selling and payouts
- Advanced profile and reach analytics
- Priority placement in the directory
- Profile-match scoring on opportunities
Institution
For law schools, firms and organisations onboarding a cohort.
On request
- Bulk onboarding and verification
- Campus and chamber communities
- Cohort placement and reporting
- Dedicated partnership support
Pricing for paid plans is shared on request. All plans are billed in advance and are exclusive of GST and local taxes. Cancellation, refunds and delivery are governed by our Refund and Cancellation Policy and Service Delivery Policy.
FAQ
Questions we get asked.
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Law students, practising advocates, professors, paralegals and anyone in the legal ecosystem. Membership is free and requires verification.
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The professional network built only for the legal fraternity.