Law firm software for Nigeria
LawKona
Closing the lacuna for lawyers.
LawKona keeps the matter, the deadlines, the notices, and the client money in one chamber file — so the firm does not live in WhatsApp, Excel, and paper.
Free for 1 lawyer and 3 properties · No card needed · See pricing
Matters
14 Idejo Street — tenancy
Board pack — commercial
Okonkwo retainers
- Built in Nigeria by Crown Softech
- Deadline calendars for every state and the FCT
- Priced in Naira, per chamber
- Each chamber’s data walled off at the database
WhatsApp + Excel + paper vs one chamber file
The usual tools work until the file gets busy. Then dates slip, copies multiply, and nobody is sure which version is current.
Today
With LawKona
Instructions and updates buried in WhatsApp threads on personal phones.
Each matter holds the parties, notes, documents, and dates where the whole team can see them.
Deadlines in an Excel sheet that someone forgot to update.
Deadlines worked out for your state, in one calendar — lawyers reminded by email, tenants by email and WhatsApp.
Notices typed, printed, and chased by hand.
Notices drafted from the file and approved by a lawyer before they go out.
Client money and fees in the same account book.
Client money on its own ledger; it becomes fees only when applied to an invoice.
Paper files in a cabinet at the office.
Documents on the matter, editable in the browser and exported as .docx.
Everything in the chamber
Every module is on every plan, including Free. Open any of them to see what it is, the problem it solves, and how a chamber uses it day to day.
- Matters →
One shared file for each brief, holding the parties, dates, documents, notes, and money. No more piecing a case together from a paper jacket, a chat group, and a spreadsheet that never agree.
- Reminders and alerts →
LawKona works out every date on the file and reminds the right people ahead of time — the lawyers by email, tenants by email and WhatsApp. The chamber stops missing dates, and tenants stop saying nobody told them.
- Inbox and team →
A daily list of everything waiting for a lawyer, plus tasks and a team discussion on every matter. No more instructions lost in group chats or work nobody remembers agreeing to do.
- Property and tenancy →
A register of every building and unit your landlord clients own, with private application links for new tenants. No more caretaker notebooks, ID photos in chats, or guessing which flat is vacant.
- Deadlines →
One chamber calendar for hearings, filing windows, limitation dates, and tenancy notice periods, with the days counted for your state. No more paper diary only one person reads, or days counted by hand.
- Notices →
Tenancy notices prepared on time from the lease dates, approved by a lawyer, then sent to the tenant by email and WhatsApp with a record of every send. No more notices remembered late, sent from personal phones, or sent without a senior lawyer seeing them.
- Documents →
Draft agreements, notices, and letters from templates or your own precedents, with the file’s details already filled in. No more retyping names and addresses, or emailing “final final” Word files back and forth.
- Signatures and stamps →
Upload your signature or chamber stamp once and LawKona places it, cleanly, on the documents you generate. No more printing, signing, and scanning your own papers.
- Money and trust →
A record of money you hold for clients — deposits, retainers, filing costs — kept apart from the firm’s own fees. No more client money and fees mixed in one account and one spreadsheet.
- Billing and payments →
Turn time logged on a matter into an invoice, send it as a PDF or a payment link, and let clients pay online in Naira. No more forgotten hours, or checking bank alerts to work out who has paid.
- Client portal →
A private page where each client or tenant sees their own matters, dates, documents, and invoices, and pays online. Fewer “any update?” calls, and no documents lost in chat threads.
- Court companion →
Your court notebook on your phone: type notes and record audio against the matter, and they reach the file even after a courtroom with no network. No more notes retyped later, or calls to ask what happened.
- Import and export →
Bring your clients, properties, tenants, and matters in from a spreadsheet, and export your records whenever you need them. No weeks of retyping to switch, and no data locked in.
- Security →
Your chamber’s records walled off from everyone else’s, access by role, encrypted sensitive notes, and an audit log nobody can edit. Safer than client files spread across personal phones and chats.
The tenancy desk
Every building and unit your landlord clients own sits on one register. Send a prospective tenant a private intake link, review the application, and approval opens the tenancy matter with its rent and notice dates set.
Property register
- Occupied
14 Idejo Street · Flat 2
- Vacant
14 Idejo Street · Flat 3
- Under notice
7 Allen Avenue · Shop B
The chamber editor
Generate an agreement or notice from a template or your own precedent, with the file’s details merged in. Amend the clauses in your browser and export a Word document in your house style.
TENANCY AGREEMENT
The Landlord lets and the Tenant takes the premises known as 14 Idejo Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, for a term of two years commencing…
Client money vs firm money
Retainers and deposits sit on the trust ledger. The firm’s fees sit on their own list. Moving a client’s money to fees means applying it to an invoice — and every movement is recorded.
Money
Client money · trust
Held for the client. Never mix with fees.
₦ 2,450,000
Firm money · fees
Invoiced and collected fees. Not trust.
₦ 380,000
How it works
Start free
Create your chamber in a few minutes and set its state. Templates and deadline calendars follow it.
Open your first file
Add a matter or a property. The conflict check runs as you create it, and the file is ready for dates, documents, and notes.
Bring in your team
Invite colleagues up to your plan’s seats, each with their own role, and run the chamber from one place.
Priced per chamber, not per lawyer
Free for 1 lawyer and 3 properties. Paid plans from ₦10,000 a month per chamber, not per lawyer.
Your chamber’s files stay your chamber’s
Each chamber’s data is walled off at the database. Every person signs in with their own login and role, sensitive notes are encrypted, and important actions go into an audit log that cannot be edited.
Questions counsel ask
- What is LawKona?
- Law firm software for Nigerian chambers. Each matter file holds the parties, the property for tenancy work, deadlines, documents, notices, and money, and client money stays apart from the firm’s own.
- Which practice areas and states does LawKona support?
- Litigation, corporate, tenancy and property, and general practice all run on the same matter file — with a hearings diary for litigation, CAC deadlines for corporate work, and a full tenancy desk for property practice. Deadline calendars cover every state and the FCT. Set your chamber’s state once and templates and deadlines follow it, and you can upload your own precedents.
- Will LawKona remind us — and our tenants — of dates?
- Yes. LawKona works out the dates on each file and emails the lawyers assigned to it about hearings, filing and limitation dates, CAC dates, and follow-ups, and anything overdue stays in Inbox until someone deals with it. Tenants get lease-expiry, quit, arrears, and rent-start messages by email and WhatsApp, after a lawyer approves each legal notice, and every message is logged on the file.
- How is client money handled?
- Client money sits on the trust ledger and the firm’s own money sits on a separate list. The only way to move a client’s money to fees is to apply it to an invoice, and every movement is recorded.
- What does it cost?
- Free is ₦0 for 1 lawyer and 3 properties, with email notices and no card needed. Paid plans are priced per chamber, not per lawyer, and add seats, properties, and WhatsApp notices to tenants. Law students and legal clinics can apply for Student / Clinic access at ₦0.
- How do we pay?
- Securely online in Naira, monthly or yearly — yearly saves 20%. Nothing renews automatically, and you can upgrade from inside your workspace at any time.
- Is our chamber’s data private?
- Yes. Each chamber’s data is walled off at the database, access follows each person’s role, and sensitive actions are written to an audit log that cannot be edited.
- Can we see it before we sign up?
- Yes. Start free and explore on your own, or book a walkthrough and we will show you the chamber on a call.
Start with your next file
Free for 1 lawyer and 3 properties, no card needed. Upgrade when your chamber grows.