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Legal Case Management Architecture
A law firm's case management platform: matters, documents, court dates, time tracking and billing, with a client portal.
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What this diagram shows
- Every document, task and hearing belongs to a matter
- Court dates sync to calendars with reminders
- Time entries flow into client invoices
Prompt used
Legal case management architecture: lawyers and paralegals use a web app; clients use a client portal to see case status and share documents. Services: matter management, document management with version control and full-text search, calendar and court date tracking (synced with court e-filing/cause lists), time and expense tracking, billing and trust accounting, and a conflict check service for new clients. Data in PostgreSQL, documents in encrypted object storage.
Mermaid code
C4Container
title Legal Case Management
Person(lawyer, "Lawyer / Paralegal", "Works on matters")
Person(client, "Client", "Tracks their case")
System_Ext(court, "Court e-Filing and Cause Lists", "Hearing dates")
System_Ext(cal, "Calendar and Email", "Outlook / Google")
System_Boundary(lcm, "Case Management Platform") {
Container(web, "Firm Web App", "React", "Matters and tasks")
Container(portal, "Client Portal", "React", "Status and documents")
Container(matter, "Matter Service", "Java", "Cases, parties, tasks")
Container(docs, "Document Management", "Java", "Versions and search")
Container(dates, "Court Date Tracker", "Node.js", "Hearings and deadlines")
Container(time, "Time and Billing", "Java", "Time entries and invoices")
Container(conflict, "Conflict Check", "Java", "New client screening")
}
Rel(lawyer, web, "Uses")
Rel(client, portal, "Uses")
Rel(web, matter, "Manages matters")
Rel(web, docs, "Drafts and files")
Rel(portal, docs, "Shares documents")
Rel(court, dates, "Hearing updates")
Rel(dates, cal, "Syncs reminders")
Rel(web, time, "Logs time")
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