You need at least one calendar to operate DocketCalendar. If everyone at the firm keeps their deadlines on a single shared calendar, one calendar will be sufficient.

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NOTE: Each person who works with deadlines is counted as a user. DocketCalendar charges a user fee based on the number of users who work with deadlines..

By default, each user comes with one calendar. You may not need to set up each user's calendar if you work with shared calendars, but we recommend connecting DocketCalendar to every user's primary calendar so that you can quickly push appearance deadlines to the attorney's and paralegals calendars.

The two advantages to having deadlines on your calendar-

- Popup reminders only work on events that are placed on your calendar.

- A shared calendar, in even a two attorney firm, can create clutter and making identifying your own deadlines more difficult.

The advantage to having a shared calendar is to give the firm's staff access to a single view where all deadlines can be seen. Anyone who has access to DocketCalendar will have access to the internal Firm Calendar. However, you may want an Outlook firm calendar so that attorneys have the option of viewing either their own deadlines or all deadlines.

If you or someone at your firm wants to receive deadlines on their calendar, you will need to add a calendar in the shopping cart.

The number of calendars you need is up to you and the members of your firm; feel free to add or remove calendars for free while in the trial period to determine what works best for your firm.

There are a variety of ways that Attorneys, Paralegals, Secretaries and Staff may use and share calendars.

The most common methods are as follows...

Solo Firm - Everyone shares one calendar.

Small Firm - Attorneys have their deadlines on their calendar. Paralegals, secretaries and staff may share an attorney's calendar or a firm calendar.

Mid Size firm - Every attorney, secretary, paralegal and staff members has their deadlines on their own calendar. The office maintains a central firm calendar as well.

Multi Office Firm - Every attorney, secretary, paralegal and staff members has their deadlines on their own calendar. Each office maintains a central firm calendar. Some firms find it useful to keep a central calendar with all offices deadlines as well.

Appearances Calendar - You may want to have a specific calendar to keep track of all court appearances and physical appearances such as depositions.

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DocketCalendar will support as many calendars as you need. You only need one to use DocketCalendar, but you can have an unlimited number of calendars to support your firm's calendar requirements. DocketCalendar is capable of communicating with any calendar in your Outlook or Google domain.