Solvit-Africa-Training-Center/MenyaLo-Backend

MenyaLo is To democratize access to Rwandan legal information by transforming the Rwanda Law Gazette into a searchable, readable, and interactive digital platform—empowered by AI, community engagement, and verified legal expertise. # MenyaLo Backend ## Description MenyaLo is a civic technology platform designed to make the Rwanda Law Gazette accessible, readable, and actionable. It empowers citizens, startups, schools, NGOs, and legal professionals by providing AI-generated law summaries, verified law firm engagement, and community-driven legal support. This backend service powers MenyaLo’s RESTful APIs for user authentication, law management, firm and organization directories, community interaction, and AI-assisted legal interpretation. --- ## Features ### Citizen/User Capabilities - Can register and login - Has a personalized feed based on domain preferences - Can browse, search, and sort the Rwanda Law Gazette (by origin, status, domain) - Can prompt the AI assistant with legal scenarios - Can browse, search, and sort law firms - Can access the community hub - Can post, comment, reply, upvote, and report in the community ### Organization Capabilities (e.g. startups, schools, NGOs) - Can register and be verified - Can login and manage their profile - Can browse, search, and sort laws and firms - Can prompt the AI assistant - Can post in the community and receive replies from verified firms - Can upvote and report abuse - Has a personalized feed based on sector and domain preferences ### Law Firm Capabilities - Can register and be verified by an admin - Can login and manage their profile and specialties - Can browse, search, and sort laws and firms - Can prompt the AI assistant - Can post legal insights and updates - Can comment and reply in the community - Can upvote and report abuse - Can annotate laws with notes and flag poorly written posts - Their posts are prioritized in feeds - Can be recommended to organizations and citizens ### Admin Capabilities - Can verify or reject law firm and organization registrations - Can moderate reported posts and deactivate abusive accounts - Can manage law ingestion and AI summary generation - Can manage domain and origin classifications - C …