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Why Privacy is Important

Today, we are introducing a privacy feature to our Legist experience. We are launching the “private option” which allows users to post questions that only lawyers can see. This eliminates the fear of sharing your personal problems with the public. 

Here’s how it works:

As a Legal Advocate

Have you ever seen a post that says “ I am looking for someone knowledgeable about family law?” There is no mention of the issue and you have to dig the information out of the user or ask them to directly message you after you ascertain the issue is worth looking into. If you have this new feature saves you time and trouble because legal advocates are able to see and respond to both public and private posts. However, other users can only see and respond to public posts.

Privacy is at the core of all that we do. Users should feel confident that Legist will only share their information with an advocate when the privacy option is enabled. As we continue to improve our product, we center around standards of  protecting your data, and placing you in charge.

We believe our products should keep your information for only as long as it’s useful and helpful to you. We continue to challenge ourselves to do more with less and we are excited to continue expanding the scope of this feature.

By building an information sharing standard that can serve all communities without putting our users’ privacy at risk, we can be certain that their concerns are protected while utilizing our platform.

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How to Ask Questions on Legist

Legist allows users an equal ability to post questions about the most important aspect of their legal situation. Posting a question is a form of free speech that allows users to become educated about their legal community. Because of this, posting a question cannot be taken lightly especially if the advice you will receive is directly related to your life. Even if it is not personally applicable to you, it can definitely be applied to someone else. Detailed Questions help Lawyers answer your question effectively and other users on Legist can greatly benefit from it.

The Legist platform has taken privacy and free speech into consideration and has decided to create a general format to help you shape your question. The first thing you need is to highlight what category the question falls under for example housing, disability or family. By doing so, it automatically places your answer within that category and if anyone searches those categories, they will find your questions. This allows legal advocates to focus their attention in categories which they are knowledgeable about rather than trying to scour the entire platform for a question which they can answer.

Another thing to remember is that if you can mention your location, endeavor to do so. Laws and their interpretations change depending on what state you are in, so in order to receive a much more precise answer, add your location to the question. How you place it is up to you, but we advise placing it on the first line of your question because all advocates will definitely read that

Finally, you should also include other details like the timeframe of the issue or anything you did to fix it prior to posting your question. All these little tips will help you in your search for trustworthy legal advice. Good luck.

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Keep in Touch with your Legal Team

Conversations with lawyers, attorneys and legal advocates can be held anywhere around the world from your mobile device. Imagine having a community of legal professionals you can turn to anytime and anywhere for advice, guidance or just to see what issues are most important to people around you.

We are excited to share that Legist allows for these conversations to occur by allowing you to post questions. Customers and legal advocates can then work together to answer questions or provide guidance on important issues. The wealth of resources is unlimited; customers have the opportunity to interact with every aspect of the legal community and become more knowledgeable about how the law affects different aspects of their lives in areas like housing, disability, and health.

As a valued customer you also have the power to determine if you want your questions to be public or private. Public posts and conversations are shared with every user on Legist, these posts can be seen by both legal professionals and other customers. Users are also able to comment or respond to your questions and provide a community for any particular issue.

On the other hand, private posts allow for a one-on-one conversation with every legal professional on the App. Every question and conversation made in private mode is only seen by legal professionals on the App. We are committed to protecting the privacy of your conversation and we will continue to develop new ways to make the sensitive nature of our customers’ legal concerns much more secure.

In order to make Legist more user-friendly, we have narrowed down issues to a few categories. Categories which include health, housing and much more that allow customers to engage directly with legal professionals within a particular category. This allows for an organized form of communication within a particular category while also making it easier to access specific kinds of information without searching the entirety of the app.

Legist was created as a service that provides a secure, reliable and private platform for people to use. We are committed to helping connect the legal world while protecting the privacy of our customers.

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