How Habeas Helper Copilot works
Four steps. Plain English. No legal background required.
Tell Us About Your Case
Answer a few simple questions about your loved one's conviction, court, and what happened. We translate your answers into the legal categories that matter — type of relief, jurisdiction, and applicable rules — so you don't have to learn the vocabulary first.
We Find Your Deadlines
Our AEDPA deadline calculator instantly tells you how much time you have to file. We track tolling events, state-court exhaustion timelines, and the most critical date in any post-conviction case: the one-year statute of limitations.
Build Your Documents
Use our guided builders to draft your petition, motion, or supporting brief. Real citations to current cases, court-required formatting, and exhibit organization are handled for you.
File With Confidence
Our compliance checker reviews page limits, captioning, service rules, and required attachments before you file — so the clerk's office doesn't reject your paperwork on a technicality.
Built for non-lawyers
The Family Member
Your spouse, parent, or sibling is incarcerated and you're trying to help. You've never filed a legal document in your life.
The Advocate
You work with or volunteer at a prison ministry, reentry organization, or legal aid clinic.
The Pro Se Litigant's Support Team
A paralegal, law student, or self-taught advocate helping someone represent themselves.
Families like yours are using this
"I had never filed anything in my life. This tool walked me through every step and told me exactly what to attach to my husband's §2255 motion."
"The AEDPA deadline calculator alone was worth it. I had no idea my brother only had 3 months left to file. This tool saved his chance at relief."
"As a prison paralegal volunteer, I use this for every case. The rules library and citation drafting cut my research time in half."
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One active case, the deadline calculator, and the full glossary — at no cost.
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