LeyApp Now Supports Sponsored Consultations for Refugees and Families

Legal advice should not depend on who can afford to pay for it. Starting today, LeyApp makes it possible for anyone — a parent, an employer, an NGO — to sponsor a legal consultation for someone who needs it.

What Are Sponsored Consultations?

A sponsored consultation is simple: one person pays, another person receives legal advice. The person receiving the consultation (the beneficiary) is always the client. The lawyer's duty of confidentiality is to them — not to the person paying.

This matters because the people who need legal help the most are often the ones least able to pay for it. Refugees navigating the asylum process. Foreign workers dealing with permit issues. Family members trying to regularize their status in Spain.

How It Works

1. The sponsor sends an invitation. They enter the beneficiary's name and email, set a purpose (e.g., "Immigration consultation"), and optionally set a budget limit.

2. The beneficiary reviews and accepts. They choose their privacy preferences — how much the sponsor can see about the consultation. They can choose to share nothing beyond "paid and done," or allow status updates, or even let the lawyer share progress notes.

3. The consultation happens. The beneficiary picks a verified lawyer on LeyApp (or the sponsor can suggest one). The consultation proceeds like any other booking on the platform.

4. Everyone stays informed — within boundaries. The sponsor sees what the beneficiary allowed. The lawyer sees a clear permission summary showing exactly what they can and cannot share. Internal notes and document requests are never visible to the sponsor.

Built for Vulnerable Populations

We designed this feature with refugees, asylum seekers, and their supporters in mind. Every design decision prioritizes the beneficiary's autonomy:

• Anonymous decline. If someone does not want a sponsored consultation, they can decline without giving a reason. The sponsor is only told "they did not accept."
• 90-day cooldown. After declining, the same sponsor cannot send another invitation for 90 days. No pressure.
• Revocable at any time. The beneficiary can revoke a sponsorship from their dashboard at any moment. Access stops immediately.
• GDPR-compliant consent. Five explicit consent checkboxes, recorded with IP and timestamp. Full data subject rights preserved.

For NGOs and Organizations

Organizations like CEPAIM, CEAR, and Red Cross can sponsor consultations at scale. Each beneficiary gets their own independent sponsorship with individual privacy settings. The organization can set per-beneficiary budget limits and choose between real-time notifications or a daily digest summary.

Team members have role-based access — administrators see everything, members see status updates, viewers see only basic information. No one sees more than they need to.

What This Means for Lawyers

Lawyers on LeyApp will see sponsored bookings clearly marked with a colored badge. A permission summary on each booking shows exactly what the sponsor can see. When sending progress updates, a confirmation dialog appears before anything is shared with the sponsor.

The lawyer's duty is always to the beneficiary. The sponsor's payment does not change that.

Getting Started

If you are an NGO, family member, or employer who wants to sponsor a legal consultation, you can start today. Create a LeyApp account, go to your Bookings page, and click "Sponsorships." From there, you can invite your first beneficiary.

If you are a lawyer who wants to work with sponsored clients, no setup is needed — sponsored bookings appear in your dashboard like any other booking, with the added privacy tools and visual cues.

Legal access for everyone. That is what LeyApp is about.