Advocate Enrolment Verification

Identity & KYC

Verify a lawyer's enrolment number with the state bar council.

Confirm that an advocate is enrolled, the bar council and year of enrolment, and whether the enrolment is in good standing before you engage counsel or list legal professionals.

Endpoint

POST https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/advocate-verification

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Content-Type: application/json

Accept: application/json

Request parameters

Field	Type	Description
`enrolment_number` required	string	Enrolment number
`name` optional	string	Advocate's name

Example request

cURL

curl -X POST https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/advocate-verification \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "enrolment_number": "string",
    "name": "string"
}'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/advocate-verification",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    json={
        "enrolment_number": "string",
        "name": "string"
    },
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

const response = await fetch("https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/advocate-verification", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "enrolment_number": "string",
      "name": "string"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();

$response = Http::withToken('YOUR_API_KEY')
    ->acceptJson()
    ->post('https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/advocate-verification', {
        "enrolment_number": "string",
        "name": "string"
    });

$data = $response->json();

Replace YOUR_API_KEY and the placeholder values. Use the switch above to see production URLs.

Response

Structure · 200

{
  "status": INTEGER,
  "message": STRING,
  "data": {
    "registered_name": STRING,
    "bar_council": STRING,
    "enrolment_date": DATE,
    "status": STRING
  }
}

Example · 200

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "string",
  "data": {
    "registered_name": "string",
    "bar_council": "string",
    "enrolment_date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "status": "string"
  }
}

Error · 4xx / 5xx

{
  "status": INTEGER,
  "message": STRING
}

See Errors & status codes for what each status means and which calls are billed.

About this API

Send the enrolment number (for example MAH/1234/2015) and receive the enrolled name, bar council, enrolment date and status from the council register.

Typical uses

Corporate legal panels. Verify enrolment before empanelment.
Legal-tech marketplaces. List only enrolled advocates.

Questions

Are all state bar councils covered?: Coverage follows the councils that publish searchable rolls; the response states when a council is unsupported.