Legal practice management · Built in Kenya

Legal practice management software for Kenyan law firms

Run your whole firm from one secure workspace: case files and court diary, documents, fee notes and M-Pesa collections, payroll and an AI legal assistant — designed for how advocates in Kenya actually work.

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No card needed M-Pesa built in Your data stays private to your firm
Yawakili dashboard showing active files, revenue, pending payments and this week's activities
Case files Court diary Digital signatures Fee, debit & credit notes M-Pesa collections Firm wallet Payroll & payslips Petty cash AI assistant Zoho Books & QuickBooks Roles & permissions Website content API
Everything your practice runs on

Law firm management software, from first instruction to final fee note

Case management, legal billing, M-Pesa payments and payroll in one system for the legal work, the money and the team — so nothing lives in spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads or someone's desk drawer.

Files & matters

Every matter with its parties, court details, remarks, attendance dockets and bring-ups — searchable and shared with your team.

Court diary

Colour-coded hearings, mentions, rulings, deadlines, calls and site visits, with email reminders to staff and clients.

Documents

Pleadings and correspondence on secure cloud storage — ours, or your own Filebase or Google Drive — allocated to staff with email alerts.

Billing

Proformas, fee, debit and credit notes and statements, numbered your way and signed digitally.

M-Pesa & wallet

Send a client an M-Pesa prompt from the file and the payment records itself. Top up petty cash. Pay staff in one batch.

Payroll

Payslips with PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and housing levy worked out, emailed and paid from your firm wallet.

AI assistant

Case summaries, drafting, document Q&A, deadline extraction and hearing prep — switched on only when your firm decides.

Security

Sign-in codes, role-based permissions, audit logs, encrypted credentials and firm-private data.
Take a closer look

See how a working day feels in Yawakili

A diary the whole firm trusts

Sixteen activity types — from mentions and hearings to mediation, site visits and calls — each with its own colour. Activities belong to files, so you only pick that file's parties, and reminders go out by email before the event.

  • Colour-coded court calendar
  • Bring-up dates on documents
  • Reminders to staff and clients
  • Attendance dockets per file
A diary the whole firm trusts in Yawakili

Billing that adds up — and gets paid

Fee notes, debit and credit notes, proformas and statements carry your own numbering. Sign them digitally, collect by M-Pesa from within the file, and see what's outstanding at a glance.

  • Your own document numbering
  • Digital signatures with verification codes
  • M-Pesa prompts recorded on the file
  • Zoho Books & QuickBooks sync
Billing that adds up — and gets paid in Yawakili

The whole firm on one screen

Active files, revenue, pending payments, this week's activities, petty cash and staff productivity — the numbers partners ask for, without building a report.

  • Live dashboard
  • Finance insights
  • Staff performance analytics
  • Firm-private system logs
The whole firm on one screen in Yawakili

Built for operators of many firms

Running Yawakili for several firms or branches? A separate administration portal manages packages, subscriptions and usage — while each firm's legal content stays private to that firm.

  • Packages with module and storage limits
  • Subscriptions paid from wallet or M-Pesa
  • Usage reports and audit trail
  • Sign-up switch and health checks
Built for operators of many firms in Yawakili
14
Days free to try every feature — no card needed
7
AI tools your firm controls
2
Accounting integrations: Zoho Books & QuickBooks
Getting started

Up and running in an afternoon

Yawakili is cloud-based law firm software that runs in your web browser: no installation and no IT department needed. Bring your team, your files and your fee structure — we help you move from spreadsheets.

Create your firm's account
1

Sign up and choose a package

Your firm gets its own private workspace and a 14-day trial. Your wallet for M-Pesa is set up at the same time.

2

Invite your team and set roles

Give partners, advocates, clerks and accounts staff exactly the access they need — every action is logged.

3

Bring in files and start billing

Import files and documents, add fee items, and send your first signed fee note the same day.

Trust, built in

Confidentiality is part of the job — and of the software

Client confidentiality isn't a feature you add later. Yawakili was built around it.

Sign-in codes

Every sign-in is confirmed with a one-time code sent to the user's email.

Roles & permissions

Decide who sees files, money and settings — down to individual actions.

Firm-private data

Each firm's files, clients and documents are visible to that firm only.

Verifiable signatures

Signed documents carry a code anyone can check online.

Audit logs

See who changed what, and when, with secrets always masked.

Encrypted secrets

Storage, payment and accounting credentials are encrypted at rest.

Pricing

Law firm software pricing: per firm, not per user

Simple monthly prices in Kenya shillings. Pay yearly and get two months free.

Starter

For solo advocates getting organised

KES 2,900 / month
  • 3 staff accounts
  • 10 GB storage
  • Files, parties & court calendar
  • Documents with secure cloud storage
  • Payments, fee notes & taxes
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Professional

For growing firms running finance in Yawakili

KES 7,900 / month
  • 10 staff accounts
  • 100 GB storage
  • Everything in Starter
  • Petty cash, vouchers & investors
  • Payroll with Kenyan statutory deductions
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Business

For established firms that want AI and insight

KES 19,900 / month
  • 30 staff accounts
  • 500 GB storage
  • Everything in Professional
  • AI case summaries & drafting
  • Document Q&A, analysis & OCR
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Questions

Law firm software in Kenya: common questions

Legal practice management software keeps a law firm's case files, court diary, documents, billing and payments in one system, so advocates spend less time on admin and nothing is lost in spreadsheets or paper diaries. Yawakili does this for law firms in Kenya, and adds M-Pesa collections, payroll and an AI legal assistant.

Yes. Yawakili is built in Nairobi for Kenyan advocates: prices are in Kenya shillings, clients pay fee notes by M-Pesa, and payroll works out PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and the housing levy. The court diary covers hearings, mentions, rulings and bring-ups the way Kenyan practice runs.

Yes. From inside a file you send the client an M-Pesa prompt; once they enter their PIN, the payment is recorded against the file automatically. Every firm gets a wallet for collections, petty cash and paying staff.

Yawakili is cloud-based case management and law firm software that runs in your web browser, with no installation or IT department needed. Larger firms can also have it deployed on their own servers through the Enterprise plan.

Each firm's files, clients and documents are visible to that firm only. Sign-in is confirmed with a one-time code, roles control who sees what, credentials are encrypted and every change is logged.

Packages are priced per firm, not per user: Starter is KES 2,900, Professional KES 7,900 and Business KES 19,900 a month, with two months free on yearly billing. Every package starts with a 14-day free trial, no card needed.

Ready to give your practice its time back?

Start free for 14 days, or let us walk your team through Yawakili with your own matters in mind.

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