One of our most popular modules has gotten an update. Nicknamed “Mentorship Match for Success,” our latest release, version [0.9] brings enhanced features to the Mentorship module. The update is aimed at improving user experience, providing clearer user feedback, and facilitating better mentorship relationships with enhanced check-in and goal maintenance.

We are also excited to announce that we’ve expanded our mentorship roles to include co-mentors. This role is perfect for users looking for a “gym buddy.” Co-mentors work together to problem solve, be a sympathetic ear, and push each other to achieve limitless possibilities.

Here’s the complete list of features included in this update. 

Enhancements and Improvements:

• Updated Mentorship module brings you more information, including feedback on productivity, discipline, and quality, goal progress, and mentorship relationships.
• Updated Profiles to include Mentorship section.
• Updated onboarding includes the ability to opt-in to mentorship. Roles include:
  • Mentee - Connect to a legal professional with experience to share.
  • Mentor - Guide, teach, and grow by sharing expertise with others.
  • Co-Mentor - Team up with a colleague to push each other to greatness.
• Added the ability to opt-in to mentorship roles through the mentorship module.
• Added Philosophy section for users to share their mentorship philosophy. This block lets potential matches to get to know your mentorship style better.
• Enhanced the search and invite functions in the Mentorship module.
  • Added the ability to send a personal note to the mentorship invite.
• Added goals and meeting frequency to mentorship block.
  • Users can set daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly meetings with their mentorship partner.
  • Users can set goals for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly meetings.
  • Users can update goals.
    • Mark as complete or incomplete.
    • Change the goal they are working towards accomplishing.
    • Set goals for your co-mentor to ensure you’re both on track.
  • Users can track and review progress on their goals.
  • Users can send advice to their mentorship partner.
• Users can “Check-in” with their mentorship partners directly from the mentorship block.
  • Easily create a direct message without leaving the mentorship module.
• Users can have more than one mentorship relationship.
• Users can end mentorship relationships.
  • Users have the option to add feedback into why they are ending the relationship.
• Added additional mentorship notifications, including in-app and email.

Mentorship Match for Success is currently live on Metwork. If you’re a user, you can start utilizing it now. If you’re not a member, there is no better time than now to experience our first-of-its-kind legal networking software. Users who sign-up before October 1st will get all of 2023 for free. Don’t wait. That date is fast approaching.

Paralegals are the backbone of the legal community, and with the latest update, we are bringing them right into Metwork.

With the release of Version [0.8.0], paralegals can now join Metwork through sponsorship from a verified lawyer. Paralegal accounts have the ability to network with the Metwork community, assist with legal referrals, partake in mentorship, and join legal teams to assist on cases.

Below are the nitty-gritty details of the upgrade.

New Features:

• Sponsorship: Our curated community is built on security and trust. That is why all attorneys are vetted before gaining access. Since paralegals do not have a centralized equivalent to a bar card, our new functionality allows them to request sponsorship from a verified lawyer.
  • If that lawyer is part of Metwork, they will receive an in-software notification to confirm or deny sponsorship.
  • If the lawyer isn’t part of Metwork, they will receive an email with an invitation to join and sponsor the paralegal.
• Onboarding: Guiding the legal community to better connections is the backbone of Metwork. To ensure paralegals receive the best guided suggestions, we released an onboarding process designed specifically for paralegals.
• Functionality: Paralegals now have access to Metwork’s career-defining tools.
  • Network: Paralegals can view their current Metwork connections, search and connect with users outside their network, and invite colleagues to join Metwork.
  • Messages: Paralegals can send and receive personal, team, and association messages within Metwork.
  • Teams: Paralegals can join and create case teams.
  • Referrals*: Create and review referrals, set the referral queue, discuss and decline a case, assign referral to a lawyer for acceptance, be assigned as a team member, and be assigned as a team lead. Lawyers can reassign referrals to paralegals to run.
    • *Note: In the Referral section, Paralegals do not have the ability to negotiate fees or sign referrals.
  • Associations: Paralegals can join and create associations.
  • Mentorship: Paralegals can mentor, become a mentee, or partake in co-mentorship opportunities.

Enhancements and Improvements:

• Added HEIC (Apple) image format support to the app, allowing users to upload a profile photo taken with their iPhones.

The Metwork team is at it again, working on new ways to improve your experience and save time. Our latest update is an interactive Knowledge Center that puts answers about our software at your fingertips.

The new Knowledge Center allows you to:

One of Metwork’s most powerful functions is your ability to curate strong legal networks of trusted lawyers for teams, referral networks, mentorship, and community empowerment. Having your “Metwork” allows you to expand your practice, quickly send referrals, and define your legal journey.

After joining Metwork, your first inclination might be to hop into the Network section and search for new lawyers to bring into your Metwork. That's a great idea, but before you add everyone, we’ve put together three tips for creating a strong, trusted legal network that opens limitless possibilities for you and your legal career.

Add 5 Lawyers You Know and Trust

With a world of lawyers at your fingertips, adding your core group might not be your first thought, but it should be. We encourage every new Metwork user to add the top five colleagues they trust to their network.

If they aren’t part of Metwork yet, you can ask them to join from within the software: