Space Admin

What's New

Space Admin is a new role in Harvey's permission model for Spaces, sitting between Connection Admin and Space Collaborator. It lets Connection Admins delegate day-to-day Space management — membership, requests, roles, and settings — to a trusted user without granting org-wide access.

Why it Matters

Connection Admins at organizations with multiple active Spaces can face overhead managing join requests and user access across every matter or engagement. Previously, there was no way to delegate that operational work without granting broader admin access.

The Space Admin role closes that gap. A Connection Admin can now designate a trusted person (such as a matter lead, paralegal, or legal ops coordinator) to run a specific Space day-to-day, while retaining full governance at the connection level.

How to Use

When you create a new Space, you are automatically assigned the role of Space Admin. Additionally, a Connection Admin or existing Space Admin can assign the role using the Space’s invite modal or through the External Collaboration settings page.

Using the Invite Modal

1. Open the Space you want to assign an admin for.
2. Select Invite.
3. Find the user you want to designate as Space Admin.
4. Select the role drop-down menu and choose Space Admin.

Using the External Collaboration Settings Page

1. Go to Settings → External Collaboration.
2. Select Spaces, then find the Space you want to assign an admin for.
3. Select Users.
4. Find the user you want to designate as Space Admin.
5. Select the role drop-down menu and choose Space Admin.

Managing your Space

Once a user has been given the Space Admin role, they can:

• Approve or deny join requests via Spaces → Requests
• Invite users to the Space
• Adjust user roles and remove users within the Space
• (Hosting-side only) Configure Space settings via the Customize option in the Space header

FAQs

Q: What's the difference between Space Admin and Connection Admin?

A Connection Admin manages an entire external relationship (a Connection) and all the Spaces within it. A Space Admin is scoped to a single Space — they can manage that Space's members and settings, but cannot act across other Spaces or establish new external connections.

Q: Can someone on the external (client or counterparty) side be made a Space Admin?

No. Each organization controls its own roles within a Space. A law firm cannot assign a Space Admin role to someone at a client company, or vice versa.

Q: Can a Space Admin invite external collaborators from a new organization?

No. Space Admins can only add people to a Space once the external connection between the two organizations has already been established by a Connection Admin. They cannot initiate new cross-organization connections.