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A complete member-management platform for a bar association

We designed and built an entire member-management platform end to end for a bar association: data model, secure auth, government API integrations for credential checks, real-time dashboards and a custom report builder — replacing scattered spreadsheets with one source of truth.

A complete member-management platform for a bar association
Next.jsSupabaseTypeScriptPostgreSQL

The project.

A professional bar association came to us drowning in spreadsheets. They were responsible for thousands of practising lawyers — memberships, credentials, dues and compliance — and every record lived in a different file, owned by a different person. We replaced all of it with a single, custom-built platform.

We handled the whole stack ourselves: the database design, secure role-based authentication, the integrations with government APIs that verify each member's standing, and the dashboards and reporting the team uses every day. Nothing was off-the-shelf — it was built precisely around how a membership association actually operates.

The result is a system the association trusts. Onboarding a member, renewing a credential, or pulling a compliance report that used to take hours now takes minutes — and every action leaves an audit trail.

The numbers.

−85%manual processing time
100%records in one system
6 wkskickoff to launch
4+government APIs integrated
The challenge

The association managed thousands of lawyer records across spreadsheets and disconnected tools. Verifying each member's standing meant manually cross-checking several government databases by hand, dues tracking was error-prone, and reporting to the board was a monthly scramble.

With no single source of truth, mistakes slipped through and audits were painful. They needed a proper system — secure, accurate, and able to keep up with a growing membership without hiring a bigger back office.

The solution

We built a custom platform from the ground up. A normalized database with role-based access became the single source of truth, and we integrated directly with the relevant government APIs, so credential and standing checks now happen automatically in seconds instead of hours.

On top of the data layer we built interactive dashboards and a custom report builder, so the team can answer any question about their members — and schedule the reports they file every month — without exporting a thing. Every change is logged for a complete audit trail.

What changed.

  • Member credential checks automated against government APIs
  • One secure source of truth replacing dozens of spreadsheets
  • Real-time dashboards with live membership metrics
  • Custom report builder for ad-hoc and scheduled reports
  • Role-based access with a full audit trail

Built with.

  • Next.js
  • Supabase
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • Vercel
  • Government APIs

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