Docket & Calendar

Mock case: Docket & Calendar Management

Deadlines entered once, reminded three times, prepared for in advance.

Adeyemi v. Adeyemi; contested divorce, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Family Division

Docket & Calendar Management — The Clio matter calendar, with the soft internal deadline sitting ahead of the hard court date rather than on it. — The Clio matter calendar, with the soft internal deadline sitting ahead of the hard court date rather than on it.

Docket & Calendar Management — A case conference entered once, against the matter, with a 4-week / 2-week / 3-day reminder chain and both parties’ counsel attached. — A case conference entered once, against the matter, with a 4-week / 2-week / 3-day reminder chain and both parties’ counsel attached.

Docket & Calendar Management — The working week behind the docket: blocked deep work, fixed email windows and a standing weekly review. — The working week behind the docket: blocked deep work, fixed email windows and a standing weekly review.

All work samples are drawn from supervised mock case scenarios. No real client data is shown or used.

The brief

Turn each court-imposed date into a chain of internal reminders and an earlier soft deadline, so preparation starts weeks out rather than the night before and build the working week around it.

The process

1Controlling dates entered against the matter in Clio, not against a person’s own calendar.
2A soft internal deadline set ahead of every hard date, and both shown on the matter calendar.
3A 4-week / 2-week / 3-day reminder chain attached to each entry, with counsel for both parties invited.
4The week itself blocked out; deep work, fixed email windows, a standing weekly review.

Key features

4-week / 2-week / 3-day reminder chain
Soft internal deadline ahead of every hard date
Events filed against the matter, not a person
Attendees and location set at entry

Systems utilised

Clio Manage
Google Calendar

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