The first-ever law school admissions assistance marketplace.
We will build Lawly from the ground up as a comprehensive marketplace platform that makes law school admissions assistance affordable, transparent, and applicant-driven.
Strategic intent
T14 Advisors addresses a clear market gap: applicants need affordable guidance with transparency and choice in selecting their consultant.
- Build a first-of-its-kind law school admissions marketplace
- Enable applicants to browse, select, and vet their own consultants
- Create a reviewed, rated consultant ecosystem with transparent pricing
- Support scalable matching, booking, and communication workflows
Delivery plan & principles
Approach
- Build from scratch as a web-first marketplace with React frontend.
- Establish robust cloud infrastructure with AWS services from day one.
- Implement secure, scalable APIs with Node.js backend.
- Follow agile delivery with 2-week milestone cycles.
Core outcomes
- Secure authentication with 2FA for applicants and advisors.
- Consultant discovery, matching, booking, and payment workflows.
- Real-time chat, scheduling, and notification systems.
- Admin tools for verification, analytics, and platform management.
Milestones & estimates
Discovery & Infrastructure Setup
Discovery phase, business requirements gathering, and technical documentation. Setup of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, development rules, AI agent specifications and linters.
- Discovery and business requirements gathering with stakeholders.
- Building comprehensive technical documentation.
- Setup of AWS cloud infrastructure (RDS PostgreSQL, S3, ECS, CloudFront).
- CI/CD pipeline configuration and testing infrastructure setup.
- Development rules, coding standards, and linter configuration.
- AI agent specifications for development workflow.
- Technical specification documents and architecture diagrams.
- Configured AWS cloud environment with all required services.
- Working CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments.
- Testing infrastructure ready for QA workflows.
- Documented development standards and coding guidelines.
Core Platform & Authentication
Backend and frontend projects bootstrap. Landing page, authorization/authentication with 2FA, registration for applicants and advisors, user profiles, document verification, and external service integrations.
- Backend (Node.js/NestJs) and frontend (React) project bootstrap and basic setup.
- Landing page implementation.
- Authorization/authentication system with 2FA support.
- Registration flows for both applicants and advisors.
- User profile management and document verification.
- Integration with Email service (SES/SendGrid).
- Integration with SMS service (Twilio).
- Integration with payment provider (Stripe).
- Functional landing page with responsive design.
- Complete authentication system with 2FA enabled.
- Registration workflows for applicants and advisors.
- User profile pages with document upload and verification.
- Working integrations with email, SMS, and payment services.
Consultant Discovery & Booking
Consultants list and search, favorite consultants, advisor profiles, matching flow with quiz, applicants calendar, consultant schedule and availability, sessions, and booking flow.
- Consultants list with search and filtering capabilities.
- Favorite consultants functionality for applicants.
- Comprehensive advisor profile pages.
- Matching flow with applicant quiz.
- Applicants calendar for session management.
- Consultant schedule and availability management.
- Consultant sessions view and management.
- Complete booking flow from discovery to confirmation.
- Searchable consultant marketplace with filtering options.
- Applicant favorites and saved consultants feature.
- Detailed advisor profiles showcasing expertise and reviews.
- Interactive matching quiz for applicant-advisor pairing.
- Calendar system for both applicants and consultants.
- End-to-end booking workflow.
Communication & Payments
Real-time chat system, advisor time logging tool, payments and refunds, orders management, discount codes, and consultant offerings/tiers.
- Real-time chat system using Socket.IO for applicant-advisor communication.
- Advisor time logging tool for session tracking.
- Payment processing and refund handling via Stripe.
- Orders management system.
- Discount codes functionality.
- Consultant offerings and service tiers configuration.
- Real-time messaging system with message history.
- Time logging dashboard for advisors.
- Complete payment and refund workflows.
- Order tracking and history for users.
- Promotional discount code system.
- Configurable service tiers and pricing for consultants.
Reviews & Engagement
Recommendations and recommended offers, reviews system, advisor ratings, reminders and notifications, referral program, and consultant earnings dashboard.
- Smart recommendations and personalized offers for applicants.
- Reviews system for applicants to rate advisors.
- Advisor ratings calculation and display.
- Reminders and notifications system (email, SMS, in-app).
- Referral program for organic growth.
- Consultant earnings tracking and reporting.
- Recommendation engine with personalized suggestions.
- Complete review and rating system with moderation.
- Multi-channel notification system.
- Functional referral program with tracking.
- Earnings dashboard for consultants.
Admin Panel & Verification
Admin page with statistics and aggregation, admin advisors view, consultant verification flow for administrators, support requests management tool, and refunds page.
- Admin dashboard with platform statistics and aggregated data.
- Admin view for managing advisors.
- Consultant verification flow for administrator approval.
- Support requests management tool.
- Refunds management page for administrators.
- Comprehensive admin dashboard with KPIs and metrics.
- Advisor management interface with search and actions.
- Document verification workflow for consultants.
- Support ticket system with status tracking.
- Refund processing and approval interface.
Content & Data Management
Data management for services, consultant types, and diversity categories. Articles/blogs section, events functionality, and support/FAQ pages.
- Data management system for services, consultant types, and diversity categories.
- Articles and blog functionality for content marketing.
- Events management and display.
- Support center and FAQ pages.
- Admin tools for managing platform data and categories.
- Blog system with article creation and publishing.
- Events listing and management functionality.
- Self-service FAQ and support documentation.
Production & Launch
Production environment preparation, final testing, bugfixing, preparation of maintenance documentation, and going live.
- Production environment preparation and configuration.
- Comprehensive final testing across all features.
- Bug fixing and issue resolution.
- Preparation of maintenance and operations documentation.
- Going live with production deployment.
- Fully configured production environment on AWS.
- Tested and validated platform ready for users.
- Complete maintenance and operations documentation.
- Live production deployment of T14 Advisors platform.
Timeline
Delivery team
- Technical ownership, alignment with business goals.
- Risk management, scalability planning.
- Direct counterpart to T14 Advisors leadership.
- Planning, coordination, dependency tracking.
- Stakeholder communication and sprint management.
- Functional, regression, and edge-case testing.
- Payment, booking, and verification scenarios.
- End-to-end quality assurance.
- AWS infrastructure setup and management.
- CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and deployments.
- Security configuration and environment management.
- Node.js/NestJs API development and architecture.
- Database design with Prisma ORM.
- Payment, messaging, and third-party integrations.
- React application architecture and development.
- Redux Toolkit state management implementation.
- Material UI components and responsive UI.
Technology stack
Frontend
React with Redux Toolkit for state management and Material UI component library for rapid, consistent UI development.
Backend & APIs
Node.js with NestJs and Prisma ORM for robust API development, database access, and business logic implementation.
Database
PostgreSQL on AWS RDS for reliable, scalable relational data storage with built-in high availability and security.
Messaging & Real-time
Socket.IO for real-time chat, notifications, and live updates between applicants and advisors.
Payments
Stripe for secure payment processing, consultant payouts, refunds, and discount code management.
Analytics & Monitoring
AWS CloudWatch for application performance monitoring, error tracking, and usage analytics.
Security & Compliance
AWS Cognito for identity management, AWS Secrets Manager for secrets, TLS encryption in transit, encryption at rest, RBAC, and 2FA authentication.
Infrastructure
AWS Cloud with ECS/Fargate for containers, S3 for document storage, and CloudFront for global CDN and load balancing.
Post-release support
Engagement
- Time & materials model; flexible allocation aligned with T14 Advisors needs.
- On-demand syncs for performance reviews, with regular estimates and updates.
- Run by the same experts who built the platform for continuity.
Scope
- Operational support: monitoring, incident response, bug fixing, root cause analysis, performance optimization.
- Product enhancements: UX refinements, feature requests.
- Tech maintenance: dependency/security updates, backend/API upkeep, infrastructure tuning.
AI enablement
Potential use cases
- AI-powered advisor matching: analyze applicant profiles, goals, and preferences to suggest optimal consultant matches.
- Personal statement feedback assistant: AI-driven initial review of essays with suggestions for improvement before advisor sessions.
- Application timeline optimizer: smart reminders and milestone tracking based on target schools and deadlines.
- Chat summarization: automatic session notes and action items from applicant-advisor conversations.
- School recommendation engine: personalized law school suggestions based on applicant stats, goals, and preferences.
Architecture & safeguards
- API-driven AI services with AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, or similar enterprise-grade providers.
- Role-based access, feature-level toggles, and comprehensive audit logs.
- PII minimization and data anonymization for AI processing.
- Human-in-the-loop: all AI suggestions require advisor or applicant confirmation.
- Transparent AI labeling: clearly indicate when content is AI-generated or AI-assisted.
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Downloadable materials
Supporting documents and agreement templates.
Let's build the future of law school admissions together
We can start with discovery immediately and align timelines, scope, and governance with T14 Advisors leadership. Talk directly with the Exoft delivery team.
