How does calendar management work for legal?
Your calendar assistant owns the firm's Outlook or Google calendar and the deadline calendar in Clio, MyCase or your docketing tool in your hours. Every scheduling order, notice and served pleading is turned into calendar entries with the matter number, the responsible attorney and the reminder ladder your firm uses, and the docket is reconciled against the court's online record each week. Attorney calendars are layered so the firm sees who is in court, who is in deposition and who is free for a consult. Travel and prep buffers are added around appearances so nobody is booked in two courtrooms. When a judge continues a hearing, the assistant moves the dependent deadlines and confirms each party. The end-of-day report shows tomorrow's appearances with courtrooms, judges, matter numbers and what still needs confirming.
What tasks does calendar management cover for law firms?
- Enter hearings and deadlines from orders and pleadings with matter numbers and reminder ladders
- Compute response deadlines by the rule you specify and flag court-day counts for attorney confirmation
- Reconcile the deadline calendar against the court's online docket weekly
- Layer attorney calendars: court, depositions, consults, free blocks
- Add travel and prep buffers around every appearance
- Move dependent deadlines when a hearing is continued and confirm each party
- Protect drafting blocks and client meeting slots from overbooking
- Send tomorrow's appearances with courtrooms, judges and contacts each evening