Advocate panel app

Web app that allows barristers and solicitors from the private sector to apply to Crown Prosecution Service advocate panels – the quality-assured list of external advocates who undertake criminal prosecution advocacy for CPS. It additionally allows existing advocacy panel members to apply for upgrade and update their personal details, and provides the means through which stakeholders, such as the judiciary, complete supporting references. On the backend, assessors can review and score the applications and track the whole process lifecycle. It also provides reporting functionality to monitor recruitment, retention, progression, and the diversity of the advocacy panel. The app replaced a very laborious, manual, and at times, confusing process that required filling out multiple forms and the circulation of significant volumes of material to and between multiple stakeholders via email.