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Update a lawyer profile

Update profile details, biography, contact preferences, professional background, and awards and practice areas.

Before you begin

You need a Best Lawyers account and an activated lawyer profile to make profile edits. If you do not have an account, request a Best Lawyers account first.

This guide covers profile details, biography, contact preferences, professional background, and awards and practice areas. Your menu may look different depending on your account access and your firm's plan. Some menu tabs are available only to firm administrators or through the Business Development Tier.

1. Open the correct lawyer profile

  • Lawyer account: In My Lawyer Account, select Lawyer Profile.
  • Firm administrator account: Select Lawyer Edits & Profiles, then choose the lawyer from the profile selector.

Check the selected lawyer's name before making any changes.

2. Update the profile card

  1. Select the pencil icon on the profile card to open its editing fields.
  2. Review the title and any display preferences you want to change. Where a field has a Show on My Profile option, check whether you want that information to appear publicly.
  3. Review the information and select Save.

The photo has its own edit control. For photo instructions, see Upload or edit a lawyer profile photo.

3. Edit the biography

  1. Find Biography and select its edit control.
  2. Update the text and review the wording and formatting.
  3. Select Save when the biography is ready.

For a focused walkthrough, see Edit and save a profile biography.

If Rewrite with Smithy AI is available, you can use it to help revise existing text. Review the result for accuracy before saving. This optional feature depends on your firm's access and is not required to edit a biography.

4. Review contact preferences and professional background

Open Overview editing. Review Public Contact Preferences and choose which contact details should appear on the public profile.

Continue through the professional background sections you need to update:

  • Schools: Select Add School. Choose the institution, enter the degree and graduation year, then save the record.
  • Bar Admissions: Select Add Bar Admission. Choose the country, state or province, and bar admission. Review the admission year and save the record.
  • Affiliations: Select Add Affiliation. Enter the organization and the lawyer's title, then save the record.
  • Court Admissions: Select Add Court Admission. Enter the court name and save the record.

Check that each saved record appears in its table. When you have finished editing Overview, scroll to the bottom of the section and select its Save button too.

5. Update awards and practice areas

  1. Open Awards & Practice editing.
  2. To add an award, select Add Award, enter the description, review it, and save the record.
  3. Review Additional Areas of Practice. Use Add Practice Area to add an applicable area from the available list.
  4. Review the section and select its Save button.

Keep additional practice areas separate from Best Lawyers recognition. Adding an area of practice does not create or change an award.

6. Check the saved result

Reopen the sections you changed to confirm the saved information. Use View Lawyer Profile to check the public page, including the biography, photo, contact visibility, and professional details you updated.

Need help?

If the expected profile or edit controls are missing, or you need help with activation or a detail you cannot edit, contact Best Lawyers. Include the profile you are trying to update and the section where you need help.