The case and hearing tracker connects your court schedule to CaliforniaCourtIntel's intel pipeline. Once a hearing is added, the platform monitors that judge's docket and delivers a pre-hearing briefing the morning of your appearance.
Step 1 — Add a hearing. From your dashboard, click Add Hearing in the Calendar panel, or go to Calendar in the sidebar and click the plus button. Fill in: Case name (your internal matter name), Court (select from the dropdown), Department, Assigned judge, Hearing type (demurrer, MSJ, trial, etc.), and Hearing date and time.
Step 2 — Assign a judge. Start typing in the Judge field and select from the autocomplete list. If the judge is not in our database yet, you can type their name manually and submit a missing judge request. The hearing will be created and linked once the profile is added.
Step 3 — Review your calendar. After saving, the hearing appears on your dashboard calendar. Click it to see the hearing detail page, which shows the assigned judge's recent rulings for the same motion type and any available tentative ruling.
Step 4 — Get your Morning Court Brief. On the morning of the hearing, you will receive an email brief at 6 AM Pacific summarizing the judge's tendencies for your motion type, the latest tentative (if posted), and suggested talking points. Make sure Morning Court Brief is enabled in Settings, then Notifications.
Organizing into matters. If you have a long-running case with multiple hearings, click Create Matter on the Calendar page to group all hearings under one case name. The Matter view shows a timeline of all appearances and lets you track outcomes over the case lifecycle.
Editing or deleting a hearing. Click the hearing in the calendar and then the edit (pencil) icon. You can update any field or delete the hearing. Deleting a hearing removes it from your calendar but does not remove the associated judge from your watchlist.