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AnchorLex is built around turning court orders into calendar deadlines. It accepts scanned PDFs and typed orders, identifies anchor dates, calculates related dates, and flags conflicts. Users can check extracted dates, compare documents side by side, and edit dates before syncing to Google Calendar or Outlook. Its free plan allows five orders and one calendar each month; paid plans start at $49 per month. The web-only service is intended for U.S. court orders, and its terms caution against uploading sensitive client information or legal work product.
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CaseDesk
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+3Broad legal practice management with rule-cited deadlines — CaseDesk spans legal work from intake through billing and computes jurisdiction-specific deadlines with court-day, holiday, and rule-citation support.
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Docket Alarm
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Court docket research, monitoring, and analytics — Docket Alarm searches and tracks court dockets and filings, with alerts, analytics, a visual case timeline, and an API rather than order-to-calendar processing.
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DocketBird
Free plan APIWebCourt-case monitoring with calendar publishing — DocketBird monitors federal and state cases and uses AutoCalendar AI to extract events from filed documents and publish them to synced calendars.
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Filevine
Free plan APIWebComplex legal work and matter management — Filevine covers matter management, client communication, document automation, time tracking, and billing rather than focusing on court-order deadline extraction.
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LitDocket
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebRules-based docketing with deadline chains — LitDocket combines document analysis with rules across federal and 14 state jurisdictions, cascading deadline chains, attorney verification, and team collaboration.
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AcclaimIP
Free trial APIWebPatent search, analytics, and portfolio decisions — AcclaimIP focuses on global patent search, analytics, and reporting for intellectual property decisions, not court-order deadlines.
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Docket Enterprise
Paid AndroidiPhoneSelf-hosted+1Outlook-driven law-firm calendaring and task management — Docket Enterprise provides firm-wide calendars, matter scheduling templates, and Outlook task synchronization, with optional court-rule calculations.
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Alt Legal
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CourtDrive
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CalendarRules
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CourtAlert Case Management
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Clio Docket
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Deadlines.com
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DocketCalendar
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CourtSync Calendar
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C-Track
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eLaw Case Tracking
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JuraLaw
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DockItFlo
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Anaqua AI Docketing
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Milana
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LawToolBox
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Deadline Assistant
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Lexis CourtLink
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PATTSY WAVE
Paid Web
A move makes sense if your work calls for more than order-based deadline processing, broader court coverage, or a different workflow. Compare whether you need jurisdiction-specific rule citations, docket monitoring, matter management, research, or shared case work. Also weigh platform support, calendar and document integrations, the degree of attorney review, and limits on cases or users. The options below range from dedicated docketing and calendaring tools to litigation intelligence and broader legal practice systems, with pricing from free to quote-based.