Read it. Hear it.
Remember it.
PhiLaw puts every codal in one library — then helps you learn it. Flashcards with spaced repetition, decks shared by fellow law students, audiobooks and offline text-to-speech, a daily word game, and a Pomodoro timer. Built in the Philippines for law and criminology students, bar reviewees, and lawyers.
More than a reader.
A place to study.
PhiLaw started as a codal reader. Today it's the whole study routine in one app: read the provision, listen to it on the way to class, turn it into flashcards, review with classmates' decks, and keep your focus with a timer that follows you around.
Every codal, one library
The Constitution, Revised Penal Code, Civil Code, Rules of Court, Labor Code, and a growing collection of Republic Acts — sourced from the Official Gazette.
Search everything
Find any word across every codal and book — and right inside your flashcard decks and cards.
Highlights & notes
Mark up articles as you read, add notes, and jump back to them from one place. Cross-referenced articles open in pop-ups.
Request a book or codal
Missing something you need? Request it or upvote someone else's request — the top requests get added to the library first.
Works offline
Once a book is in your library it's on your phone. Read in day, night, or sepia themes, with the font and layout you like.
Flashcards that stick.
Turn the passages you're reading into cards, then review exactly what's due. Spaced repetition decides when each card comes back, so your time goes to what you're about to forget.
- Build decks by subject — Criminal, Political, Civil, Remedial
- Due-today queue, mastery per deck, and a daily streak
- Cite the source article on any card
Decks from fellow students.
Don't start from a blank deck. Browse flashcard decks built and shared by other law students, approved by moderators before they go live — and publish your own for everyone.
- Top, New, and Trending decks and single cards
- Import a deck into your library in a tap
- Share any deck with a link
Read with your ears.
Every title can be read or heard. Built-in text-to-speech reads any book aloud offline, with no data needed — and where a studio-narrated audiobook exists, you can stream it or download it for the commute.
- Text-to-speech on every book, fully offline
- Studio-narrated audiobooks where available
- Pick up where you left off, reading or listening
A daily word game, straight from the codals.
Guess the Codal is a word puzzle drawn from Philippine law. Solve it, then see exactly where the word appears in the codals — and add it to a flashcard deck so it sticks.
- A new puzzle every day
- Jump to every article where the answer appears
- History of past words, with your solve rate
Study in focused sprints.
A Pomodoro timer built into the app keeps time across every screen — read, review cards, or listen while it runs, and it'll call the break for you.
- Focus, short break, and long break sessions
- Keeps running while you move around the app
- Gentle sounds at each change of phase
Prefer one codal?
Get its own app.
Alongside the full PhiLaw app, each major codal is also available as a lightweight standalone reader — audio mode, text search, highlights and notes, cross-referenced articles in pop-ups, night and sepia themes, and full offline access once installed. Content is sourced from the Official Gazette and converted to eBook format for easier reading on phones and tablets.
Not a foreign legal reader adapted for the Philippines — a Filipino library built for Filipino law students.
Revised Penal Code
The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, Books 1 and 2 — with audio mode, search, highlights, and notes.
1987 Constitution
The 1987 Philippine Constitution in a clean, searchable reader with audio mode, bookmarks, and night and sepia themes.
PH Republic Acts
The full PhiLaw app — Republic Acts and codals in one library, plus flashcards, community decks, audiobooks, Guess the Codal, and a Pomodoro timer.
Rules of Court
Rules of Criminal Procedure (2000), Civil Procedure (2019), Evidence (1989), and Special Proceedings.
Civil Code
The Civil Code (1950), Family Code (1950), and Children and Youth Welfare Code (1974) in one offline reader.
Labor Code
Labor Code (renumbered 2017), Corporation Code, Insurance Code, Tax Code (2020), and the Workers' Handbook.
PH Family Code
The Family Code of the Philippines, reflecting the most recent amendments — R.A. 9858, 9255, 8533, 6809.
Tax & Corp Code
Revised Tax Code (2020), Revised Corporation Code (2019), Obligations and Contracts, and Negotiable Instruments.
Sourced from the Official Gazette.
Philaw Library is not affiliated with the Government of the Philippines or any of its agencies. All legal codals featured in our apps are sourced from publicly available materials, primarily from officialgazette.gov.ph, and converted into eBook format to facilitate easier access and reading on mobile devices.
The apps are free to download and ad-supported through Google AdMob. You don't need an account to read — signing in with Google is optional, and only needed for things like requesting titles, sharing community decks, and syncing across your PhiLaw apps. See our privacy policy for the full details.
Law belongs to everyone.
Every codal in PhiLaw is free to read, with no account needed. If you're a law student, a bar reviewee, a lawyer, or just someone trying to understand your rights, put the law on your phone — and the tools to actually learn it. That's the whole idea.