New Avvo Features
We just released a number of new features, some more obvious than others; and I wanted to highlight a few of them.
First, Cristin “Customer” Carey, our Customer Care Manager, blogged about the changes we made to the welcome message.
Another profile feature we added was allowing lawyer’s to mark industry recognition items as non-legal. Now, I realize there is something oxymoronic about non-legal industry recognition, but the reality is that a number of lawyers are adding items to the industry recognition tab that they believe are relevant to their legal practice (e.g., church leadership), even though such items are not technically recognition from the legal industry. By marking items legal or non-legal, lawyers can now properly display this information without confusing our scoring system.
For the lawyer with a disciplinary history, we now give the lawyer a place to explain his or her sanction(s). A number of lawyers asked for this, and it is information that is impossible to find unless you meet with the lawyer in person. To explain your sanction, simply log into your profile and go to the “Experience” tab. Under each sanction, there will be an area for you to tell your side of the story.
Finally, we continue to put a lot of work into our name search. It is still far from perfect, but in this release we have made a number of first name aliases so if you are looking for “Charles” but like to call him “Chuck”, you can find him using either name.
More changes to come!
Mark