The calendar and the statutory clock
The calendar is where a matter’s dates live — hearings, deadlines, and the deadline chains that hang off them. A firm-wide view keeps the most pressing dates in front of you, and you can add or adjust any event by hand.
The statutory clock
Section titled “The statutory clock”The statutory clock keeps your most urgent deadlines visible across all your matters, soonest first. It color-codes by urgency, so a date bearing down on you stands out:
- Red for the most pressing deadlines — within about two days.
- Amber for deadlines within the next several days.
- Neutral for those further out.
It is the at-a-glance answer to “what is about to come due across everything I am working on.”
The calendar view
Section titled “The calendar view”A matter’s calendar lays out its events over the weeks ahead. It highlights the critical path — a hearing together with the chain of deadlines that depend on it (the filing cutoff, service deadlines, opposition and reply dates) — and shows standalone events like meetings separately. Today is marked, and each event shows its type at a glance.
Adding an event yourself
Section titled “Adding an event yourself”Click a date to open New Calendar Event and fill in:
- Title (required) — e.g. “Discovery responses due.”
- Type — deadline, hearing, meeting, task, or custom.
- Date and time — with an All day option.
- Location and Description — optional, useful for a courtroom or a note on where the date came from.
- Reminders — preset reminders are set for you by event type, and you can add or remove your own. See Reminders.
Editing or completing an event
Section titled “Editing or completing an event”Open any event to change its title, type, date, time, location, or description. You can mark an event complete when it is handled, or dismiss one you no longer need — either way, its pending reminders clear with it.
Calculating a deadline chain
Section titled “Calculating a deadline chain”On a hearing, choose to calculate deadlines and Cedent lays out the dependent dates that follow from it by rule. If the hearing date changes, recalculate to update the chain.
Common questions
Section titled “Common questions”Can I add a deadline that didn’t come from an email? Yes — click a date and create the event. Manual events sit on the calendar just like the ones Cedent finds.
The deadline chain looks off. The chain is calculated from the hearing date, so check that the hearing date is right first, then recalculate. See A deadline looks wrong or is missing.