A calendar audit reconciles the firm's calendared deadlines against court dockets, identifying missed entries, incorrect dates, and orders never docketed internally. Audits may be periodic or triggered by case events.
They are a standard risk management practice.
Alternative Names:
Docket Audit, Deadline Audit
Why it Matters?
Audits catch the deadlines that were never entered, which no internal review of the calendar can find. Minute orders and short docket entries are the recurring gap, since they arrive without a document that prompts docketing. Insurers underwriting lawyers professional liability ask about audit practices, and firms conducting them regularly present better than those relying on entry discipline alone.
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What do calendar audits catch?
Which deadlines are most often missed?
