Building Legal Awareness Through Digital Platforms: Conceptualizing Web Applications in Responsive Legal Counseling

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15294/ijals.v7i2.29611

Keywords:

Digital Legal literacy, Legal Awareness, Legal Education Platform, Legal Empowerment, SAHABAT application

Abstract

The phenomenon of low legal awareness remains a common characteristic of society in Indonesia, particularly in the province of West Kalimantan. This demonstrates the need for new innovations in legal education methods that are relevant to the current digital era. This study aims to conceptualize a web-based legal education model through the development of the SAHABAT (Sobat Hukum Kalimantan Barat) application as a responsive and inclusive digital medium to improve public legal literacy. The research method used a socio-legal approach with a qualitative descriptive method, involving literature studies, in-depth interviews, and field observations on the need for access to legal information. The data used in this study was primary data obtained directly from legal educators at the West Kalimantan Provincial Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. The results of the study show that the community needs an outreach platform that is easily accessible, interactive, and contextual to legal issues. The SAHABAT application is designed to provide popular legal information, online consultations, and topic-based legal education through interactive features. This study confirms that digitizing legal counseling through platforms such as SAHABAT can be a means of helping to increase legal awareness and community participation in realizing a responsive legal culture. This study recommends the integration of the SAHABAT application into the national legal counseling strategy as part of the digital transformation of public services in the legal field.

Author Biographies

  • Yenny Aman Serah, Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti

    Yenny Aman Serah, is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti, Pontianak. She specializes in law. In addition to teaching several courses, she is actively engaged in research and community service activities, producing outputs in the form of articles in various journals, including internationally reputable journals indexed by Scopus with Scopus ID 57223318980, Garuda ID 2449517, and Google Scholar ID VJfcSA4AAAAJ. One of his published articles is titled “Raising Public Legal Awareness in the Digital Age: Global Practices and Indonesia’s Path Forward” in the Journal of Law and Legal Reform, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (2023), pp. 345–364, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/jllr.v4i3.68129. Email: [email protected]

  • Purwanto Purwanto, Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti

    Purwanto is the Rector and Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti, with a focus on law, legal politics, and human rights. Currently, he is also active as an Arbitrator at BANI and involved in the review of local government policies, particularly in West Kalimantan Province. The author's scholarly works have been indexed in various national and international databases, with Scopus ID 59367918100, Garuda ID 5357235, and Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?hl=id&user=MQczJH4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate. Email: [email protected]

  • Febrianawati Febrianawati, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Panca Bhakti

    Febrianawati is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Panca Bhakti, with a research focus on digital transformation and adoption in business, digital literacy, and entrepreneurship literacy. The author is actively engaged in research and publication in various national journals, with Garuda ID 8152143 and Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=id&user=jBYGR04AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate. Email: [email protected]

  • Resmaya Agnesia Mutiara Sirait, Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti

    Resmaya Agnesia Mutiara Sirait is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti, specializing in business law. Currently, the author is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Doctor of Law Program at Muhammadiyah University Surakarta. His academic works have been indexed in national and international journals, with Scopus ID 59670818200, Garuda ID 3612976, and Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=bSnueWUAAAAJ&hl=en. Email: [email protected]

  • Agustinus Astono, Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti

    Agustinus Astono is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Panca Bhakti, currently pursuing a Doctor of Law program at Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, with a focus on legal philosophy, environmental law, and customary law. The author is actively engaged in research and community service with local governments in West Kalimantan, particularly regarding gender equality, the preservation of customary law, and sustainable environmental law development. The author consistently publishes articles in national and international scientific journals, with Scopus ID 59670818300, Garuda ID 5357234, and Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=vGgmJzcAAAAJ&hl=en. Email: [email protected]

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2025-09-18

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