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title: "Joining a firm & getting approved"
description: "How lawyers request to join a firm and how firm admins approve incoming members."
source: https://staging.leyapp.es/en/help/firm-membership
locale: en
updated: 2026-09-07T12:00:00Z
---

# Joining a firm & getting approved

How lawyers request to join a firm and how firm admins approve incoming members.

_Source: https://staging.leyapp.es/en/help/firm-membership — Last updated: September 7, 2026_

## How lawyers join a firm

Any lawyer can join a verified firm, but each lawyer can only belong to one firm at a time. There are three ways to request membership.

Invite codes and email invitations add you immediately. If you selected the firm when you registered, your request lands in the owner's approval queue and you get an email when it is decided.

## Three ways to request membership

- **Invite code** — enter the 8-character code a firm admin shares with you. Codes expire after 7 days.
- **Email invitation** — click the link in a direct invitation email. These are single-use and locked to your address.
- **Chosen at registration** — pick "I work at a firm" when you register and select the firm. The owner sees your request on their firm dashboard and approves or rejects it.

## While your request is pending

You'll see a "Pending approval" badge on your firm page. You can't yet appear on the firm's member list, take bookings under the firm's name, or access firm-wide resources like shared policies and branding.

The request stays open until an owner or admin decides. If it is taking long, contact them directly — or ask for an invite code, which adds you at once.

> **Note**
> A lawyer can only belong to one firm at a time. To join a new firm, leave your current one first with the **Leave firm** card at the bottom of My Firm. Owners can leave only when nobody else is in the firm; otherwise transfer ownership first.

## For firm owners and admins: approving requests

Pending requests appear in a card at the top of your firm dashboard. Click **Approve** to add the lawyer to your firm, or **Reject** to decline the request.

Approved members gain access to firm branding, shared policies, and (depending on firm policy) firm-wide delegation and visibility settings.

## Rejecting a request

Rejected lawyers receive a polite email letting them know the request wasn't accepted. They can submit a new request to a different firm — you don't block them from LeyApp itself.

## What happens after approval

The new member sees your firm on their profile, their bookings start attributing to the firm (for aggregate visibility policies), and they can use any receptionist or delegation permissions you've enabled. You can change their role or remove them at any time.

See exactly where pending requests appear and how to approve them in 2 minutes.

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