For attorneys, law firms, & bail bond agents
Automatic court date reminders, sent via SMS text to your clients.
CourtRemind™ connects to the Google or Outlook calendar you already use and sends a text reminder to every client — and the family members and cosigners who get them there — before every court date and office appointment.
- 20% fewer bench warrants with text reminders in a randomized trial (Science Advances, 2025)
- Reminders in English or Spanish, to the client and their family
- No new software or app to learn — works with the calendar you already use, read-only
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Court reminders for lawyers · Google Calendar & Outlook
Works with the calendar you already use. No new app to learn.
Keep adding court dates the way you do now, whether you add them or your assistant does. CourtRemind™ does the rest.
Connect your calendar
Google, Outlook, or any calendar link. Read-only: CourtRemind™ can never change or delete anything.
Add your clients once
Client, family, and cosigner phone numbers, each in English or Spanish. Or import them all from a spreadsheet.
Reminders go out automatically
7, 3, and 1 day before. Move a hearing and the reminders move with it. Delete it and they stop.
Family & cosigners
The people who get them there get the reminder too.
Add a parent, spouse, or the cosigner on the bond, each with their own language.
Confirmations
Know who's coming before you walk into court.
Clients reply C to confirm. Your calendar view shows who confirmed and flags anything that needs you.
Only the essentials
Never texts charges, case numbers, or your notes.
Only the date, time, courthouse, and department. STOP is honored automatically and every consent is recorded.
Who it's for
Built for anyone who pays when a client misses court.
A missed salon appointment costs an hour. A missed court date can cost a warrant, a bond, or a case.
Private & CJA panel attorneys
Arraignments, readiness conferences, prelims, sentencings, self-surrender dates. For criminal defense →
Immigration attorneys
Master calendar and individual hearings, biometrics, interviews — where a no-show can mean a removal order. For immigration →
Family law attorneys
RFO and DVRO hearings, mediation, and review hearings. For family law →
Bail bond agencies
Remind the defendant and the cosigner before every appearance — and keep every bond out of forfeiture. For bail agents →
Public defenders & panels
Office-wide reminders across many attorneys, with volume pricing and reporting.
Civil & general practice
Case management and settlement conferences, depositions, probate and trust matters, and client appointments. For civil & probate →
The research
Text reminders keep clients out of jail.
A randomized trial of 5,709 public defender clients in Santa Clara County, California — published in 2025 by researchers at Harvard, Stanford, and NYU — measured what automated court date texts actually do.
fewer bench warrants for missed court
Clients with a bench warrant at their next court date.
fewer clients jailed for a missed court date
Clients remanded to custody on a bench warrant.
warrant rate for clients who confirmed
Among clients who got reminders. The authors note this gap may partly reflect who chooses to reply.
About the study. Clients received automated texts 7, 3, and 1 days before each court date and were asked to reply to confirm — the same schedule CourtRemind™ uses by default.
Chohlas-Wood, Coots, Nudell, Nyarko, Brunskill, Rogers & Goel, “Automated reminders reduce incarceration for missed court dates: Evidence from a text message experiment,” Science Advances 11(40), Oct. 2025. Read the study (CC BY 4.0)Read more about the research · Another randomized trial found similar results: up to 26% fewer failures to appear in New York City (Science, 2020).
Pricing
Simple plans. Every feature on every plan.
Plans differ only in texts and users. Cancel anytime.
Starter
- 1 user
- Unlimited calendars
- Every feature
Solo
- 1 user
- Unlimited calendars
- Family & cosigner contacts
- Confirmations (Reply C)
- English & Spanish
Pro
- You + 1 staff (up to 5 users)
- Unlimited calendars
- Every feature
Firm
- 5 users included, add more for $15
- Unlimited calendars
- Every feature
- Shared client list
= 1 text
More users: $15 per user / month on Pro (up to 5) and Firm (no limit).
More texts: 50 for $10 or 200 for $30 on any plan; they roll over and never expire.
Larger firm, public defender office, or bail agency? Contact us for volume pricing.
Partner program
Work with attorneys? Earn $49 for every customer you refer.
Interpreters, paralegals, bail agents, and consultants: share your link, and get $49 paid to your bank when someone you refer subscribes. They get 50% off their first month. Free to join.
Guides for attorneys
Keep clients coming to court.
By practice: criminal defense · immigration · family law · civil & probate · bail bonds
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is a court date reminder text (SMS)?
It's an automatic text message sent to a client before a court date — for example 7, 3, and 1 day before — with the date, time, courthouse, and department. CourtRemind™ sends these court date reminder texts from your calendar, so you never have to send them from your own phone.
How does CourtRemind™ know who to text?
You add each client once, with their phone number and any authorized family members or cosigners. When a court date appears on your calendar, CourtRemind™ matches it to the client by name or by a short code like #jperez. Anything it can't match shows up on your dashboard with a dropdown to pick the client.
Do I need to learn new software?
No. You and your staff keep using Google Calendar or Outlook exactly as you do today. CourtRemind™ reads your court dates from there and sends the reminders; you only open CourtRemind to add client phone numbers or check who confirmed.
What happens if a hearing is continued?
Move the event in your calendar as you normally would. CourtRemind™ sees the change and reschedules the reminders. Delete the event and the remaining reminders are cancelled.
Does it work for client appointments, not just court?
Yes. Office meetings, consultations, document signings, and client calls on your calendar can get reminders too. Appointments get their own message ("Reminder: appointment with your attorney…") and their own schedule — for example, just one reminder the day before.
What do the texts say?
Every reminder has the same short format: the date, time, courthouse, and department, plus the judge if you've entered one. CourtRemind™ doesn't include charges, case numbers, or your calendar notes. Family members and cosigners get a reminder of the client's court date in their own language.
What counts as a text?
Each message to each phone number is one text, no matter how long. A detailed reminder, or one in Spanish, is often delivered in 2–3 pieces called segments, and many competing services charge for every segment. CourtRemind™ counts the whole reminder as one text. A reminder to a client, a family member, and a cosigner is three texts. Your first three test messages to yourself are free.
Can my assistant or staff have their own login?
Yes. On Pro and Firm, add team members for $15 per user per month (Pro includes you plus one staff member and allows up to 5 users; Firm includes 5 and has no limit). Each person signs in with their own email, and everyone sees the same clients and court dates. Starter and Solo are for one user.
What happens when my free texts are used up?
Reminders for hearings in the next 48 hours still go out, and everything else pauses until you choose a plan. Nothing is deleted — your clients and court dates are waiting when you upgrade.
What if a client texts STOP?
That number is opted out immediately and won't receive further reminders. You'll see it on your dashboard.
Your clients never miss court.
Set it up once. Every court date is covered.