Use cases — Civil Law
OKLegal centralizes your civil case files, calculates procedural deadlines under the Code of Civil Procedure and generates documents with automatic variables. One platform built for Latin American legal practice.
Problems we solve
The Code of Civil Procedure sets different terms for service, answers, appeals and notifications. A single calculation error can cost your client the case before it begins.
Plaintiffs, defendants, legal representatives, third-party interveners. Managing all party data in spreadsheets or email threads leads to errors and duplications that slow down every filing.
Complaints, answers, appeals, evidentiary briefs. Drafting each document from scratch — or adapting one from a previous case — consumes hours every week that could go to client work.
How OKLegal helps
Enter the notification date and OKLegal automatically calculates service periods, answer deadlines, appeal windows and cassation terms. Includes Costa Rica judicial holidays and chained deadlines that update automatically when upstream dates change.
Register every party with their ID type, procedural role and legal representation. Data is stored once, linked to the case file and inserted automatically into every document — complaints, answers, motions.
Build a template library for ordinary and executive complaints, answers, appeals and evidentiary briefs. Case variables — name, ID number, address, court, case number — populate automatically. Export to Word or PDF instantly.
View the complete procedural history of each case file: filings, documents submitted, deadlines met and internal notes. Invaluable when a colleague covers your docket or when reporting progress to the client.
Clients access their personal portal to check case status, download documents and review invoices. Fewer interruption calls to the office, more time for billable work.
Workflow
Register the client, all procedural parties (plaintiff, defendant, legal representatives) and link the file to the appropriate court. All party data flows automatically into every document.
Use civil law templates with automatic variables. The client's name, ID number and address fill in on their own. Export to Word or PDF with a single click.
The deadline calculator automatically applies the Code of Civil Procedure: service periods, motions, appeals, and judicial holidays. Chained deadlines update when a parent deadline changes.
Record the judgment, generate the liquidation brief and archive the complete case file with all documents, notes and procedural actions.
Why it matters
68%
of civil attorneys report losing time searching for documents in email or local folders rather than a centralized system.
3 in 5
delays in civil proceedings are caused by miscalculated deadlines or unrecorded filing dates.
4 h/week
average time a civil attorney spends on administrative tasks that OKLegal automates.
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