Court companion
Court companion on your phone
Take LawKona to court on your phone. Pick the matter, type the adjournment date and directions, record audio, and everything lands on the matter back in chambers. If the courtroom has no network, your notes wait on the phone until it does.
The problem it solves
How most chambers do it today
At court, lawyers write the adjournment date and the judge’s directions in a notebook or on the back of the cause list. Back in chambers the notes are retyped — or not — and the principal phones to ask what happened. Many courtrooms have poor network, so tools that need the internet fail exactly when they are needed.
What changes with LawKona
LawKona gives each lawyer a court notebook on the phone, tied to the matter, that works without network. What happened in court reaches the file the same day, where the whole team can read it.
In practice
A morning at the Federal High Court, Lagos. The chamber and people are illustrative; every step is how LawKona works today.
A junior associate covers a matter for her senior. Before leaving, she opens lawkona.com/court on her phone; her matter list is already saved on the phone.
In court the network drops. She picks the matter anyway, types the adjournment date and the directions, and records a short voice summary where the court allows it.
On the way back her phone reconnects, and the notes and recording sync to the matter on their own.
By the time she reaches chambers, her senior has already read the notes under Court & jottings. Nobody needed to call.
How it works
Open it on your phone
Go to lawkona.com/court, sign in with your usual login, and add it to your home screen. No app store download.
Pick the matter
Your matter list is kept on the phone, so you can choose the case even when the network is poor.
Jot and record
Type notes — adjournment dates, directions, who appeared — and record audio with start, stop, and playback.
No network? Keep going
Notes and recordings wait safely on the phone and sync as soon as you are back online.
It is on the file
Back in chambers, everything sits on the matter under Court & jottings for the whole team.
Who uses it
Litigator
Notes and audio typed once, at court, straight onto the matter.
Junior lawyer covering a matter
The matter list on the phone, even without network, and an easy way to report back.
Principal or partner
The outcome of every court appearance on the file the same day, without a phone call.
Why it helps your chamber
No retyping notes in chambers
The adjournment date, directions, and appearances are typed once, at court, and land on the matter.
Works where the network does not
Notes and recordings are kept on the phone and sync on their own when you are back online.
The whole team knows the outcome
Everyone on the matter can read the court notes as soon as they sync.
What it looks like
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Included in
Free, Solo, Practice, and Chambers. Free for 1 lawyer and 3 properties, no card needed.
Court companion questions
- Does it transcribe recordings?
- It keeps the audio and your typed notes and caption. There is no automatic transcript.
- Do I need to download an app?
- No. It is a web app you add to your phone’s home screen, on the same login you use in chambers.
- Can I record in any court?
- Follow the rules and directions of the court you are in. LawKona records only when you press record.
- Is it an extra cost?
- No. The court companion is included on every plan.