Judicial Calendar

This article discusses creating judicial calendars in Filevine. Judicial calendars can be used for deadlines to easily adjust the way that days are counted in deadline chains. 

Since jurisdictions count days differently when it comes to deadlines—some counting every day, some counting business days, and some using more customized schedules—your deadline chains must be able to count the days exactly as your jurisdiction does. Judicial calendars enable you to create your own customized calendar for the year, which can then be used to count days for a deadline in a deadline chain.

Once a judicial calendar is created, it can be used as the calendar for a deadline chain or for any single deadline in the chain. Any number of judicial calendars can be added and can be chosen for each deadline. Read the Set Up Deadline Chains article to learn how to assign a judicial calendar to a chain.

Creating a Judicial Calendar

1. Click Advanced > Judicial Calendar. In Filevine, go to the main menu and select Advanced > Judicial Calendar. If prompted, choose the desired Org.
2. Create a judicial calendar. Along the top, click + Add a New Judicial Calendar. If a judicial calendar has already been created, click the plus button to add a new one. This action creates a judicial calendar named “New Judicial Calendar” which will begin with weekends and federal holidays blacked out.
   
3. Edit judicial calendar name. Click the pencil icon to change the calendar name. When finished, click the checkmark button to save.
   

4. Choose dates. To toggle a date on to be counted, or off to not be counted, select the desired date. Unselected dates are light gray, while selected dates are a darker gray.
   

Once you’ve finished choosing the dates for your judicial calendar, the calendar will appear as a choice when choosing a calendar for a deadline. Judicial calendars can be edited at any time.