Your case, taken seriously and guided one step at a time.
Hello Court guides you through your court case in plain words. The kind of help you wish you had when something went wrong. File it yourself when you're ready, or hand a lawyer your prepared packet so they charge a fraction of the usual retainer.
The Self-Represented Survival Guide
Plain-language help for handling common legal matters on your own: small claims, eviction, debt, work, family, traffic, and more. No jargon and no sign-up, just clear steps for what to do, what to bring, and what to expect on the day you walk into court. Whether you file with Hello Court or somewhere else, this is yours to keep. Read the whole guide online or download the PDF.
A great lawyer can run five figures. Most cases shouldn't need one at full price.
Every year, people walk away from valid claims because they can't justify a five-figure retainer for a four-figure dispute, or because the paperwork feels like another language, or because nobody told them which form to file in which court by when. Hello Court is the kind of friend you wish you had when something went wrong. Patient enough to walk every step beside you. Steady enough to keep you on the path. Caring enough to want you to feel confident at the end.
We're launching in ten states. The plan is every state, every common case type, every court a person might walk into. Because a court system that only works for people who can afford lawyers isn't really working at all. And lawyers gain too. Clients who'd never have walked through the door at full retainer become viable at a fraction of the price. New clients for the bar. Better-prepared filings reaching the courts. A simpler legal system for everyone.
Self-file. Or hand a lawyer the homework.
Hello Court walks you all the way to a file-ready case. You decide where to stop, and how much to spend.
Walk all the way through. File it yourself.
Intake, evidence, damages theory, the file-ready packet. Hello Court walks you through each step, in plain words. Each piece builds on the last. When you've built your case and feel confident, you file it yourself.
Hand a lawyer the homework.
Stop wherever you want. You take your prepared case packet to a lawyer of your choosing. They review what you've built and decide how to proceed. Because the organizing work is already done, their bill often drops significantly.
Three ways Hello Court shows up for you.
Plain words from intake to filing. Built around the law, not against it. Self-file or hand a lawyer the homework. We didn't build a tool. We built a guide.
Two case arcs. Walked end-to-end.
Two fully-walked examples from our ten launch states, built on the real statutes, forms, and procedure. Maria walks the full Utah small-claims path. Sarah walks the NY wage-theft path. Both ship in MVP.
Bring us your case. We'll help.
Read the law for your case type. See how a real case moves through Hello Court. Or start your own in any of our ten launch states. For matters bigger than a self-help platform, our roadmap brings in a vetted attorney so you don't pick between us and them.
The Self-Represented Survival Guide.
A free, plain-language guide to handling common legal matters on your own: small claims, eviction, debt, work, family, traffic, and more. Read it online or download the PDF. No sign-up.
Read the free guideWage theft in New York: how to recover unpaid wages.
Off-the-clock work, unpaid overtime, missing tips. What NY Labor Law § 198 says, the three places you can file (state DOL, NYC Civil small-claims, or federal court), and how the six-year deadline works.
See a real Hello Court case, end to end.
Step through a built-out case from intake to filing-ready, narrated by the AI guide. Sarah's NY wage-theft case and Maria's Utah security-deposit case are both ready to walk. Five minutes each.
Start the walkthroughStart your own case with Hello Court.
Tell us where you are and what you're dealing with. The AI guide walks you through your case in plain words and helps you build a court-ready filing packet. We're launching in ten states and adding more as they're ready, join the waitlist and we'll tell you when yours is live.
Join the waitlistNeed a lawyer too? We'll bring one in.
We always start the work with you. For cases bigger than a self-help platform can carry, our plan is to match you with a vetted attorney in your state, so you won't pick between Hello Court and a lawyer. You'll get both.
Join the waitlistMVP today. Launch states next. Then scale.
Packet + guide. One price. No surprises.
Free to learn. Free to explore your case. $100 when your packet and guide are ready. Nothing before that.
- A guided walkthrough where you enter your situation and see your case-type, the law that applies, and what to expect
- Plain-language explainers matched to your case-type
- Jurisdiction and court matched to your situation (ten states at launch)
- Full workspace: evidence upload, edits, deadlines, case-building
- Court-ready packet formatted to your court's procedural rules at the time we generate it
- Reference guide, your own copy with explanations of every section
See Hello Court in action.
Walk Maria's full Utah security-deposit case end-to-end. Plain words, step by step. Decide for yourself how it would feel to be guided.
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