Keep a case’s deadlines in one place
The calculators answer one question at a time and forget the answer when you close the tab. That is fine for a date you are about to write down and useless for a case you will be carrying for two years. A matter is where a case’s dates live: the ones this site worked out, with the statute still attached to each, and the ones it never could, because no code section produces your mediation date.
What it does
- Saves a calculation against a case. Run any calculator, click “Save as matter”, give it a name. Every deadline is frozen with the statute it came from and the date that rule was last checked against the code.
- Tells you when the rules move. Saved dates are never silently recalculated. If a rule changes after you saved, the matter says so and waits for you to press recalculate, because a date you already gave a client should not change behind your back.
- Holds the dates no calculator produces. A case management conference, a mediation, a deposition, an expert exchange the parties agreed to. They sit in date order with the computed ones and are labelled as yours, everywhere, including in the exports.
- Optionally records which case it is. Case number, court, department, judge, parties, notes. Closed by default, and worth reading the note next to it before you use it.
- Exports. An iCalendar file for your calendar, a CSV for a spreadsheet, and a JSON written to be read by an AI assistant, with every deadline carrying its own citation. One matter or the whole docket.
What it will not do
This is not a docketing system and it is not trying to become one. It has no rules calendaring, no conflicts checking, no integration with your practice management software, and no support obligation to anyone. If a date matters, the answer is still to check it against the code and your department, which is why every row here shows you the section it rests on.
Email reminders go out 10, 5, 1 days before a deadline, and only if you switch them on. They carry the matter name and the deadline, nothing else about the case.
Reminders, stated in full
Three emails per deadline, at most
- 10days beforeFirst warning, while there is still time to draft.
- 5days beforeSecond warning, in time to serve by mail.
- 1day beforeLast warning, the day before.
What the email contains, verbatim
Subject: [Ruiz v. Delta Contracting] in 10 days: Opposition to MSJ Deadline reminder for your matter "Ruiz v. Delta Contracting": Opposition to MSJ Friday, September 18, 2026 (in 10 days) View the full deadline table: https://calcourtdeadlines.com/dashboard CalCourtDeadlines.com Reminders are a convenience, not a docketing service of record, and not legal advice. Verify every date against the operative code sections and your court's rules. Manage reminders: https://calcourtdeadlines.com/account
The matter name you chose, the deadline name, and the date. Nothing else: no county, no inputs, no notes, no other deadlines. Off until you switch them on, per matter. One click to unsubscribe in every email, no tracking pixels, and your address is never sold or shared.
What it costs, and what it holds
Nothing. There is no paid tier, no card, and no trial. Sign-in is an email link, so there is no password to lose. The calculators themselves never needed an account and still do not.
A saved matter is confidential litigation information, so it is worth knowing exactly what is stored and where. Every matter is readable only by the account that made it, enforced in the database rather than in the application. Everything is deleted, immediately and completely, when you delete your account. The full list of what is kept is on the privacy page, in plain language, including a change made in August 2026 that is worth reading if you are thinking of typing a case number.
If you would rather not have an account
Reasonable. Every calculator has “Add to calendar” and “Copy link” underneath the result, and neither needs one. The link carries your inputs rather than the answer, so it recomputes when it is opened and cannot go stale. For an assistant, there is a connector that lets it call these calculators directly, and it reads no data about you at all.