Call Lawya connects people in Nigeria with verified lawyers. Clients book and pay for a consultation, then chat or call the lawyer inside the app. I built the mobile app and the backend behind it.
In Nigeria, most people find a lawyer by asking around, and they often don’t know the fee until they show up. Call Lawya lists verified lawyers with their fees, ratings and availability, so you can book and pay in the app.
There are really two apps in one. Clients search, book and talk to lawyers. Lawyers get verified, manage their cases and get paid every week.
You can filter lawyers by practice area, location, fee and rating. Pick a time on their calendar and pay with Paystack, all without leaving the app.
Messages are saved on the phone, so chats open instantly. If you send one while offline, it waits and goes out when you reconnect.
Lex runs on Groq. It looks at a client’s case and helps them understand it before they book, and it keeps each user’s conversation history.
Every lawyer’s Supreme Court number is checked against the Nigerian Bar Association’s records. They then complete their profile and upload a selfie. The app and the server both enforce these steps, so they can’t be skipped.
Paystack payments are confirmed through webhooks, and I verify each webhook’s signature. A scheduled job pays lawyers every Thursday, and they can withdraw early for a small fee.
Each call moves through clear states over the socket: invited, accepted, rejected, ended or missed. The server ends calls that are left hanging.
Conversations, messages and unsent messages are stored in SQLite on the phone. They sync in pages from the server, with read receipts.
An admin dashboard so the team can verify lawyers and handle support faster.