JurisFlow is practice management software for law firms: one place for your matters, clients, documents, court diary, time and billing. This page explains what it does and exactly how to get your firm running on it.
Practices from two lawyers to forty, where several people touch the same matter and someone needs to know what is happening across all of them. It was built around Nigerian practice — matter numbering, court dates and adjournments, VAT at 7.5%, TIN and RC numbers on invoices, and clients who pay by transfer and send a receipt on WhatsApp.
Matters are closed, not deleted. Document versions are added, never overwritten. People who leave the firm are deactivated so their work and history survive. Every significant action is recorded with who did it and when.
Roles are yours to name and shape. Rename Partner to Principal Counsel, invent a Litigation Clerk, and tick exactly which of the thirty-six permissions each role holds. The same goes for how you classify matters and court events.
If a subscription lapses the account becomes read-only — everything stays visible and downloadable. A firm should never lose sight of a court date because a card failed.
Work through these in order. Steps one to four are done once; the rest become your daily routine.
Register, confirm your email with the code we send, and you are in.
One person registers the firm — usually the managing partner or practice manager. We email a six-digit code to confirm the address. Your 14-day trial starts immediately, with no card needed.
Name, address, TIN and RC number — these appear on your invoices.
Settings → Firm details. Your TIN, RC number and address print on every invoice, so it is worth doing before you bill anyone. Set your VAT rate and payment terms here too.
Adjust who can do what, and how you classify matters and court events.
You start with sensible defaults — Partner, Senior Associate, Junior Associate, Paralegal, Secretary, Finance and Admin, plus matter types like Civil and Petition. Rename them, add your own, and tick exactly what each role may do. Nothing here is fixed by us.
Each person gets an email, sets their own password and joins.
Settings → Team. Choose their role and hourly rate. Lawyers are asked for their Supreme Court enrollment number before they can finish joining. People are never deleted — someone who leaves is deactivated, so their work and history stay intact.
Search every past client and opposing party before taking new work.
Before opening a matter, search the name. The check looks across your clients, the opposing parties on your matters, and matter titles — and it forgives spelling, so "Northstar Energy" finds "North Star Energy Ltd". Save the check and a partner records the decision. That saved record is what a regulator would ask to see.
It gets a number automatically, like CIV-2026-0001.
Pick the client, the matter type, the court and suit number, then assign who works on it and who leads. Add the opposing party and their counsel — those names feed every future conflict check.
Documents, tasks and court dates all live on the matter.
Upload documents and new versions — old versions are never overwritten. Create tasks with due dates. Put hearings and deadlines in the calendar and tick who should be reminded: they get an email two days before, the day before, and an hour before.
Type it however you like — 1h 30m, 1.5, 90m or 1:30.
Record it on the matter the same day, while you remember it. Submit it, and a partner approves. Approved time is what becomes billable — it is the single habit that decides whether the firm gets paid properly.
Tick what to bill and JurisFlow builds the invoice.
Choose a client and their approved time appears as a checklist. Group it per person, per matter or as one line, add expenses, then send. VAT and totals are calculated, and you get a PDF with your firm letterhead.
Attach the transfer receipt and balances update themselves.
When the client pays, record it against the invoice with the method and reference, and attach the screenshot or teller slip they sent. The invoice moves to part paid or paid on its own, and your outstanding figure is always true.
Fourteen days, no card. Open one real matter, put its next hearing in the diary and record a few hours against it — that is enough to know whether it suits your firm.
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