Deadline and limitation tracking
Every deadline has a source, an owner and a reminder. Dates buried in letters and orders reach the matter calendar before they pass, not after.
Hours back
2
hours a week back, typically
How it runs
What we build, step by step.
This is the usual shape. Yours gets built around how your team actually does the job.
- 01
Incoming correspondence read for dates
Orders, notices and letters filed to a matter are checked for deadlines and response dates.
- 02
Proposed deadlines with their source
Each date is suggested with the exact sentence it came from, waiting for a lawyer to confirm.
- 03
Limitation dates set at matter opening
For matter types with a limitation period, a review date is proposed from the key facts, so it's never left blank.
- 04
Reminders that escalate
The handler is reminded well ahead, then again closer in, and a supervising lawyer is told if nothing has moved.
- 05
A weekly deadlines report
Every deadline in the next 30 days across the firm, grouped by lawyer.
Shown with software we see a lot. If your team uses something else, we build it into that instead.
Built for your business
Same job, different business. We build yours.
Two firms in the same trade rarely run a job the same way. Different software, different steps, different people signing off. We build it for your business, around how your team actually does the job.
Your steps
Built around the order your team already works in, odd exceptions included.
Your software
Runs inside the tools you already pay for, set up the way you use them.
Your rules
Your wording, your limits, your sign-offs. Nothing generic goes out in your name.
You sign off
Your team keeps the final say.
No date goes in the calendar until a lawyer confirms it and its basis. The build proposes and reminds. It never decides a legal deadline.
What it's worth
What those hours add up to.
2 hours a week, over 46 working weeks, is 92 hours a year. At $50 an hour, that’s
$4,600
back in the business, every year.
Typical, not promised.
Before and after
The job, before and after.
How it runs today
Deadlines arrive in court orders, letters from the other side and immigration decisions. Someone has to read each one, work out the date and put it in the diary. On a busy week a date gets missed or entered wrong, and that's the kind of mistake firms lose sleep over.
What we build
- Incoming correspondence read for dates
- Proposed deadlines with their source
- Limitation dates set at matter opening
- Reminders that escalate
- A weekly deadlines report
A month in
Every confirmed deadline has a source, an owner and reminders, and supervising partners see the next 30 days across the firm at a glance.
FAQ
Can it calculate limitation periods?
It proposes a limitation date from the rules you set for each matter type. A lawyer verifies every date with legal consequences before it goes in the calendar.
Does it replace our diary system?
No. Confirmed deadlines go into the calendar you already use in Clio or Outlook, with reminders to the handler and, if nothing moves, a supervising lawyer.
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