Legal case management software
Legal case management software keeps each court case in one file, with its hearings, judgments, evidence and power of attorney one click away. In jaah law, by default, the case's lawyers who have a user get to-dos for each hearing and after a lost first-instance or appeal judgment.
This case management software for law firms and legal departments is one part of jaah law, the law firm management software.
A case in progress.
- Stage ribbon
- Add Hearing
- Hearings
- Add Judgment
- Add Hearing
Why hearings and deadlines slip
- Hearing dates sit in several diaries; minutes go unwritten.
- The appeal window after a lost judgment lives in someone's memory.
- A power of attorney lapses before a hearing, unnoticed.
From opening to enforcement in six steps
Open the case
The case holds the client and its role, the other parties, the court and its case number, the lawyers and the power of attorney.
A template can fill in its subject, type and court; templates are on by default.
A case can also open from an approved client request.
A draft case.
- Template
- Client Role
- Lawyers
- Case No
- Template
- Lawyers
Schedule the hearing
Add Hearing on the case fills in its court, client and lawyers.
Each hearing becomes a calendar meeting, with the court as its location.
Without requirements, it gives each lawyer with a user a to-do to prepare them, due three days before by default.
An upcoming hearing.
- Date
- Lawyers
- Meeting
- Prepare hearing requirements
- Date
- Prepare hearing requirements
Close the hearing with its minutes
Close Hearing needs the minutes: the session written on the hearing, or a session PDF.
Writing the requirements opens a Write session to-do, due the day after the hearing; closing the hearing closes it.
If the date or the lawyers change, the to-dos follow.
The Close Hearing window.
- Write the session here...
- Attach a file
- Write & Close Hearing
- Write the session here...
- Write & Close Hearing
Record the judgment
A judgment records its stage, number, date, outcome, decree text and decree PDF.
Won or lost, it sets the case's status, closing date and stage; a petition changes nothing.
A lost judgment needs a reason from the firm's list.
A won or lost judgment recorded from its hearing closes it, once the session is written.
A lost judgment.
- Stage
- Outcome
- Reason
- Judgment Decree
- Stage
- Outcome
Appeal, reconsideration or revocation
Decided at first instance, the case shows Appeal (to an appeal court) or Reconsideration (same court); decided on appeal, Revoke. The history keeps the earlier court.
A lost first-instance or appeal judgment gives each lawyer with a user a deadline to-do. It falls due 30 days after the judgment date unless the firm changes it. It is a reminder, on by default.
A case lost at first instance.
- Stage ribbon
- Appeal
- Reconsideration
- Appeals Deadline for Case
- Appeal
- Appeals Deadline for Case
Send to enforcement and invoice
With the Executions app, Add Execution opens a linked enforcement file after a won or lost first-instance or final judgment, or on a cancelled case.
Create Invoice drafts the client's invoice for a typed amount, by the case's payment method: total case or per hearing. Case cards show not invoiced, unpaid or paid.
A decided case.
- Add Execution
- Create Invoice
- Executions
- Add Execution
- Create Invoice
Reminders, and who receives them
Hearing and judgment to-dos go to lawyers who have a user.
- A new case: a review to-do for its lawyers with a user (or its creator), due in three days by default.
- Tomorrow's hearings: one e-mail a day to each lawyer with a user, when the firm turns it on (off by default).
- One hour before an open hearing: a WhatsApp reminder to its lawyers with a user, when the firm connects a number.
The cases settings.
- Review Within
- Objection Within
- Revoke Within
- Review Within
- Objection Within
Does the power of attorney cover the hearing?
A hearing shows a banner when its case has no valid power of attorney on the hearing date.
It also flags lawyers who are not its agents; those without a user are not checked. It never blocks saving, and dismissing it hides only that problem.
The power of attorney banner.
- Banner
- Dismiss
- Date
- Banner
What the case file records
| Case number | Automatic, per year. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Client and role, opposing and third parties, power of attorney. |
| Court | Court and case number; circuit and judge when turned on. |
| Status | Draft, In Progress, Won, Lost or Canceled. |
| Hearing | Date, duration, requirements, session, client summary, session PDFs, next date. |
| Judgment | Stage, number, date, outcome, reason, decree PDF. |
| Change history | Who changed the main fields and when; not summaries, requirements, session or decree text. |
Reports, and sending them to the client
Eight PDF reports: Case Report, Hearing Details, Hearing Summary, Judgment Report, Cases List Report, Hearings List Report PDF, Neglected Cases Report and Neglected Hearings Report.
The Case Report appends the decree PDFs; Hearing Details, the session PDFs.
Send Report e-mails the case or judgment report to the clients, in the main client's language.
Two lists show cases and open hearings untouched for 30 days by default.
The Neglected Cases window.
- Neglected For (Days)
- Lawyers
- Clients
- Case States
- Neglected For (Days)
- Lawyers
Access rights for cases and hearings
- Cases and Hearings each have three rights per user: Read-only, User: Own Documents (a lawyer or follower of the case or hearing), Manager: All Documents.
- Several lawyers can share a case.
- A case's privacy decides whether its client sees it on the portal, not what staff see.
- Phones get the same cases and rights in the browser.
What jaah law does not do with cases
- No link to a court system: hearings and judgments are not brought in.
- Deadline to-dos count calendar days; won or final judgments get none.
- An online hearing is a link, not built-in video.
- Invoice amounts are typed in, not built from hours.
- Judgments are not shown on the client portal.
- Double booking is checked between hearings only.
Questions about legal case management software
What does legal case management software do?
It keeps one record per court case, with its parties, hearings, judgments and documents. In jaah law, its lawyers who have a user also get to-dos for hearings, minutes and appeals.
What happens to the deadline to-do on appeal?
It closes by itself when Appeal or Reconsideration is chosen, and the revocation one when Revoke is. If the firm does not appeal, a lawyer can close it by hand.
Can a lawyer be booked on two hearings at once?
No, unless the firm allows it in the settings. The check compares hearings with hearings only, not with a lawyer's other meetings or time off.
Can the client follow the case online?
Yes, with a portal account, as the main client, when the case's privacy allows it (the default). Hearing pages show requirements and session notes; judgments are not shown.
Does it import hearing dates from the court's system?
No. The firm's staff enter each hearing date and judgment on the case themselves, because jaah law has no connection to any court system. The lawyers' to-dos take their dates from those entries.