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[How-To's](https://km.courtroominsight.com/knowledge/how-tos?hsLang=en) # What Roles are in the CI People Directory? ## Learn the four standard roles in the CI People Directory and how they affect search, filtering, and profile data display. **Last Updated**: *1/29/26* **Applies to:**    - *CI People Directory - Enterprise Clients* - *CI People Directory - Marketing Subscribers* - *CI People Directory - Research Subscribers* **Issue/Functionality Sought:**   - ***What Roles are in the CI People Directory?*** - ***What differentiates a Lawyer, Expert, Judge, and Mediator & Arbitrator (referred to as Neutral) within CI?*** - *Why do certain fields or experience types appear the way they do on a CI profile?* - *How do I determine the correct CI Role for each professional when linking matters?* **Solution Overview:**  This article defines the four standard **Roles** used throughout the platform: - **Lawyer** - **Expert** - **Judge** - **Mediator and Arbitrator (referred to as Neutral)** By the end of this article, you’ll understand what each role means, why the definition matters, and how CI uses **Roles** to organize data and support search, filtering, analytics, and matter-linking workflows. **Tactical Rundown:** **Understanding the CI Role Types** **Lawyer** - Represents lawyers involved in litigation, mediation, arbitration, or transactions. - Data unique to lawyers includes bar admissions, court qualifications and admissions, law school, practice area, industry, country expertise, and language. **Expert** - Represents individuals providing subject matter expertise or testimony. - Data unique to experts includes expert discipline and testimony records. **Judge** - Represents judicial professionals such as federal judges, state judges, and Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). - Covers both past and current courts and jurisdictions in which these judges have served. **Mediator and Arbitrator (referred to as Neutral)** - Represents neutral professionals, including arbitrators and mediators, who facilitate resolution between disputing individuals or entities without advocating for either side. - Covers expertise, services, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) case history, panel affiliations, awards and decisions. **Why CI Roles Matter** Designating the correct CI Role ensures: - Accurate experience mapping - Appropriate case types and data - Proper search, filter, and analytics performance - Clean matter-linking and profile normalization **Where CI Roles Appear in the CI Directory** CI Roles appear on the main search page and you can search by role type by selecting the “Roles” drop down menu. ![](https://km.courtroominsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-41-58-3808-PM.png?width=670&height=313&name=image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-41-58-3808-PM.png) By using this menu, you can search for a specific profession by selecting your desired role. For example, selecting “Lawyers” will show the entire scope of lawyers and only lawyers in the CI People Directory. ![](https://km.courtroominsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-09-7440-PM.png?width=670&height=341&name=image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-09-7440-PM.png) CI Roles also appear on a professional’s profile page. ![](https://km.courtroominsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-24-5246-PM.png?width=670&height=345&name=image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-24-5246-PM.png) **What CI Roles Determine on a Professional's Profile** A professional’s CI Role determines two things: - Which fields/experience types and corresponding data are displayed - For example, on this expert’s profile, Expert Challenge in addition to Case data are shown. - ![](https://km.courtroominsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-34-5556-PM.png?width=670&height=346&name=image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-34-5556-PM.png) - What external data integrations populate on profiles (link to integrations article) - For example, on this expert’s profile, LexisNexis Context data is available for Expert Challenges, and Docket Alarm and LexisNexis Docket data is available for Cases. - ![](https://km.courtroominsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-42-5026-PM.png?width=670&height=344&name=image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-42-5026-PM.png) - ![](https://km.courtroominsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-46-1456-PM.png?width=670&height=344&name=image-png-Jan-30-2026-09-42-46-1456-PM.png) *See our Integration Knowledge Base articles for more information on CI’s partners.* **Still Need Help?**   *If you still have questions or experience issues, our Customer Care team is here to help. 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