Relex partner

Joining the Relex partner program

Registering as a partner is what lets a firm charge its own clients — issue an engagement fee or invoice that the client pays by card, straight to the firm. Relex never holds that money: registration provisions the firm's own payment account, and client charges go directly to it. So client invoicing and paid guest intake stay locked until the firm is a verified, published partner.

You guide the process; the user does every step that touches their details or payment in their browser. Point them to the right page and explain what each step is for. You never enter their credentials, bank details, or rates.

The path (point the user to each step)

1. Register — https://relex.legal/partners/register (a short wizard):
   • Profile: name, type (lawyer / notary / specialist), photo, bio, region.
   • Legal details: bar/registration number, regulator, admission region.
   • Proof of standing: upload a licence/registration document.
   • Consent: agree to the partner terms + screening.
   • Rate card: the firm sets its own fees (you don't set or quote these).
2. Program subscription — completed inside the wizard: the firm starts the partner-program subscription and adds a payment method. This is a prerequisite for the next step.
3. Payment onboarding — the wizard hands off to set up the firm's payment account (identity + bank details, entered on the processor's secure pages). Track progress at https://relex.legal/dashboard/settings/partner/status.
4. Manual Relex verification — once submitted, a Relex reviewer checks the firm's standing (they receive the registration for review). The firm's status shows pending verification meanwhile. Nothing the user can do but wait.
5. Published / live — after Relex verifies and publishes the firm, it is active: it appears in the partner directory and can now issue client invoices and run paid guest intake.

The states — read them back to the user

• pending — registered, awaiting Relex verification. Client invoicing is locked. Check …/settings/partner/status.
• verified (not yet published) — Relex confirmed standing; the firm is one step from live. Still awaiting the publish.
• active / published — live. Client invoicing + paid guest intake unlocked.

If the firm tries to invoice a client before this, the server refuses with a link to finish registration or check verification status — relay that link; it's the correct path, not an error.

What to tell the user

• Why it's needed: to charge clients directly, the firm needs its own registered, verified payment identity — that's the partner program.
• The order matters: subscription → payment onboarding → verification → publish. Each unlocks the next; skipping isn't possible.
• Verification is done by a person at Relex, so there's a short wait after submitting — that's expected.
• Everything sensitive (documents, bank details, rates, card) is entered by the user in their browser. You never handle it.

Billing → the firm's own ERP

Once live, the firm keeps 100% of what clients pay them (flat monthly, 0% commission), and Relex hands that money movement to whatever ledger they already run. This connection is direct between the firm and Relex — never through you: the firm's own ERP or browser session pulls their billing export (client invoices, case-work earnings, Connect payouts) with the firm's own credentials. There is no MCP tool for it and there never will be — a partner's aggregate billing history is exactly the kind of private financial data that must not cross to an agent. Point the user at /docs/partner-program/erp-export and let them (or their ERP) fetch it directly; don't call it, don't summarize amounts you haven't seen, don't ask the user to paste rows to you.

What NOT to do

• Never quote or set the firm's fees, or Relex's own prices — the firm sets its rate card; you don't advise amounts.
• Never enter the user's credentials, bank details, or payment info — always the browser.
• Don't promise a verification timeline or outcome — it's a manual review.
• Don't retry a "registration required" / "pending verification" refusal — relay the link.

Alongside

• relex-intake — once live, the end-to-end client intake (agreement → e-sign → invoice) and paid guest onboarding.
• relex — connect, the two tools, the one PII rule.