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How to set up hearing types and calendar colors

Give every hearing and appointment its own color so you can read your calendar at a glance. Hearing types are court events, set up per case type, such as a Meeting of Creditors in bankruptcy. Appointment types, in the color legend, are your own meetings, such as an initial consultation.

Time needed: about 5 minutes.

Step 1

Open Hearing Types

Click Admin Panel in the left menu, then click Hearing Types. (You’ll use App. Color Legends in step 5.)

The Admin Panel with the Hearing Types and App. Color Legends tiles highlighted

Step 2

Pick a case type

Click the case type whose hearings you want to set up, for example Bankruptcy.

Hearing Type Management: choose a case type, with Bankruptcy highlighted

Step 3

Review the hearing types and add one

You’ll see this case type’s hearings and the color each shows on the calendar. Click + Add Hearing Types to add another. Use Actions next to a hearing type to edit or remove it.

Bankruptcy hearing types with their calendar colors and the Add Hearing Types button

Step 4

Name it, pick a color and submit

Type the hearing’s name, click the color square to choose its color, and click Submit.

Tip: pick colors that are easy to tell apart, such as one for first hearings and a darker shade of the same color for continued hearings.

Add a new Hearing Type window with the name Status Conference and a blue color

Step 5

Open the appointment color legend

Go back to the Admin Panel and click App. Color Legends. You’ll see your appointment types and their colors. Click + Add a Legend.

Appointment Color Legend list with the Add a Legend button highlighted

Step 6

Name the appointment type, pick a color and submit

Type the appointment type, such as Phone Consultation, choose a color and click Submit. It’s now a choice when you schedule an appointment, and shows in that color on the calendar.

Add Appointment Type window with the name Phone Consultation and an orange color

What’s next

Keep going

Next, choose the courts you file in with Courts and court locations. All guides are in the Help Center.