The Counsel
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Run yourlaw firmwith confidence.

No task, deadline, or follow-up should ever get buried in someone's inbox or a spreadsheet. The Counsel keeps every matter, from first filing to final invoice, visible, assigned, and on schedule.

  • 6

    modules, one workspace

  • ₦

    billing built for Africa

  • 30

    days free, no card

thecounsels.org/dashboard
The Counsel dashboard on desktop
9:41
Okafor & Partners

Good morning

Today at the firm

24

Active matters

3

Hearings this week

7

Open tasks

Next hearing

Cargo Loss Dispute

Federal High Court · Court 4

Tomorrow, 9:00 AM

Your tasks

Draft witness statement
File motion on notice
Call client re: settlement
Home
Matters
Hearings
Tasks
More

Hearing tomorrow, 9:00

Reminder sent to 4 people

Invoice paid

₦450,000 received

Why The Counsel

Legal work isdetail work.

The Counsel exists so your team spends that care on cases, not on spreadsheets, shared drives, group chats and missed filing dates.

  • Every hearing on one calendar
  • Reminders by email and WhatsApp, a day ahead
  • Everyone on the matter, notified
CS

Chambers · all staff

Group chat · 52 unread

Tunde

Is the shipping hearing today or tomorrow??

07:52

Amaka

I thought it was Thursday

07:55

Who has the hearing notice?

07:58

Daniel

check the registry email

08:04

Tunde

which email??

08:05

Hearing tomorrow, 9:00 AM

Cargo Loss Dispute · Federal High Court · Court 4

Email sent WhatsApp sent 4 people notified

How it works

A day in chambers,on one system.

From courtroom to collections. Here's how a working day moves through The Counsel.

thecounsels.org/dashboard
The Counsel dashboard screen
08:30

Open the day.

See what matters the moment you log in: active matters, this week's hearings, revenue, and every client's latest activity.

thecounsels.org/matters
The Counsel matters screen
10:15

Capture the work.

Lawyers log time, hearings, tasks and documents against matters as the day happens.

thecounsels.org/hearings
The Counsel hearings screen
13:00

Never miss a court date.

Court dates, mentions and rulings on one calendar, with reminders before anything falls through.

thecounsels.org/billing
The Counsel billing screen
16:40

Bill without friction.

Finance sweeps unbilled work into invoices in seconds and records payments as they land.

thecounsels.org/reports
The Counsel reports screen
19:00

See the whole firm.

Partners get live dashboards, risk insights and exportable reports. No spreadsheet stitching.

Everything a firm runs on

One workspace.The whole practice.

Purpose-built modules that talk to each other, so a logged hour becomes an invoice, and an invoice becomes insight.

The Counsel documents screen
The Counsel calendar screen
The Counsel clients screen
01

Matters & case tracking

Every engagement numbered, statused and timelined, from first instruction to judgment, with a full audit trail.

02

Billing & invoicing

Log time and disbursements, sweep unbilled work into numbered invoices, and reconcile payments in naira.

03

Hearings & calendar

Court dates, mentions and rulings on one calendar, with reminders before anything falls through.

04

Document vault

Contracts, orders and evidence stored per matter in encrypted, access-controlled storage. Preview in-app.

05

Reports & insights

Collections, productivity and workload balance, plus one-click Excel exports your partners will actually read.

06

Enterprise security

Row-level tenant isolation, role-based permissions, and an audit log on every action. Your data is yours.

Billing

From courtroomto collections.

A logged hour becomes an invoice, and an invoice becomes insight. Nothing re-typed into a separate billing spreadsheet.

  1. Time logged

    Against the matter, as the work happens

  2. Invoice drafted

    Unbilled work swept in, numbered

  3. Sent to client

    Reviewed, then out the door

  4. Payment recorded

    Status updates as money lands

  5. Reports updated

    Partners see it the same day

Solutions

Built for everykind of practice.

From a single-desk practice to a multi-partner chambers, the same system scales with you.

Solo practitioners

One hub for every hat: track matters, bill clients and manage hearings without the overhead of a team.

Small chambers

Get organised as you grow, with a shared calendar, a shared client base, and one source of truth for every matter.

Growing firms

Billing, permissions and reporting that scale with headcount, so more staff doesn’t mean more chaos.

Enterprise chambers

Multi-partner visibility, granular role permissions, and firm-wide reporting for chambers running at scale.

6modules

Working as one workspace

30days

Free trial on any plan, no card required

46countries

Firms across Africa can sign up today

1workspace

Row-level security isolating every firm

Across Africa

Wherever your chambers sits, The Counsel fits

From Lagos to Nairobi to Johannesburg, one workspace for your matters, hearings, documents and billing, with roles and branches for your whole team.

  • Nigeria
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • South Africa
  • Egypt
  • Senegal
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Rwanda
  • Zambia
  • Morocco
  • Cameroon
  • +34more countries

Firms can sign up from 46 African countries today. Billing is live in naira, and more African currencies are on the way. Practise somewhere else? Pick “Other” and tell us where.

Start your 30-day free trial

Trusted beyond the software

We stay with youafter launch.

  • Spreadsheets nobody trusts
  • Shared drives with four versions of everything
  • Hearing dates in a group chat

Security

Row-level tenant isolation, role-based permissions and an audit log on every action. Your data is scoped to your firm, and no one else’s.

Real support

Reach a real person by email or phone when you need help, not a ticket queue that goes quiet.

Onboarding & migration

Our team helps you move matters, clients and documents in, so you start with a workspace that already reflects your practice.

Guided provisioning

Accounts, roles and permissions are set up by our team before your first login, so there’s no self-serve setup to get wrong.

Built with compliance in mind

Row-level tenant isolation Encrypted document storage Full audit trail on every action Designed with NDPR principles in mind

Resources

Frequently askedquestions.

Who can create an account?

Anyone. Start a free trial in a few minutes from the "Start Free" button above. You create your firm, become its Managing Partner, and invite your team from inside the app. No sales call required.

Is our data secure?

Every firm’s data is isolated with row-level security, access is role-based, and every action is captured in an audit log.

Can we bring in our existing matters and clients?

Our onboarding team helps you migrate matters, clients and documents when you get started, so you’re not starting from a blank workspace.

Does billing work in naira?

Yes. Time, disbursements and invoices are tracked and billed in naira by default.

Can we change plans later?

Yes. Your Managing Partner can upgrade, downgrade or subscribe any time from Firm Settings. Upgrades apply immediately; downgrades take effect on your next billing date.

Ready to run amodern practice?

Join the firms replacing scattered spreadsheets and shared drives with one elegant, secure workspace.

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