# Cases automations

What Cases does by itself, from the to-dos that follow a case, its judgments and its hearings to the evening digest and the daily tidying of closed hearings, and how to stop each one.

Cases gives lawyers their to-dos as a case moves forward, and runs three daily jobs. The options are explained in [Cases and hearings settings](cases-settings). The to-dos go to lawyers who have a user in the system.

## To-dos that follow a case {#case-to-dos}

| When | What the lawyers get | Due | Turned off by |
|---|---|---|---|
| A case is created | "Review and audit the case" | **Review Within** days later | **Review and Audit Case Activity** |
| A first-instance judgment is lost | A to-do for the appeal deadline, on the case | **Objection Within** days after the judgment | **Objection Activity** |
| An appeal judgment is lost | A to-do for the deadline to challenge it, on the case | **Revoke Within** days after the judgment | **Revoke Activity** |
| A hearing is saved without requirements | "Prepare hearing requirements" | **Prepare Requirements** days before the hearing | **Prepare Hearing Requirements Activity** |
| The requirements of a hearing are written | A to-do to write the session and close the hearing | The hearing date | **Write Session / Close Hearing Activity** |

## Daily jobs {#daily-jobs}

### Tomorrow's hearings by e-mail {#tomorrow-digest}

- **When:** once a day.
- **What it does:** each lawyer receives an e-mail listing their hearings of the next day.
- **How to stop it:** it sends nothing while **Tomorrow Digest** is off, which it is by default.

### Closing to-dos of closed hearings {#tidy-closed-hearings}

- **When:** once a day.
- **What it does:** a hearing closed while its "write the session and close the hearing" to-do was still open gets that to-do marked done, so the lawyers' planners hold only what is left to do.
- **How to stop it:** it has no option; it only tidies to-dos that no longer have a purpose.

### Numbering old hearings {#number-old-hearings}

- **When:** never by itself; it is off by default.
- **What it does:** it gives a number to hearings that have none, oldest first. It serves once, after hearings were brought in from another system without their numbers; an administrator runs it from the scheduled jobs when needed.

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- Source: https://jaah.app/docs/law-cases/cases-automations
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- Version: Cases 19.0.2.5.75