JustWare public defender case management software is designed to increase office productivity and to deliver maximum agency configuration. JustWare is written entirely in Microsoft .NET, utilizes service oriented (SOA) and N-tier architecture to deliver a stateless, distributed, high availability and scalable environment. JustWare leverages XML for all screen configuration and display. This cutting edge design enables each of your functional groups to have data input and display screens that match their work functions.
New Dawn provides many options to our public defender customers to best serve their deployment and case management needs. If you currently have server infrastructure in place, and IT resources to manage your servers then you will appreciate the scalability of JustWare public defender software solutions installed on one of your servers. If you do not have a server or you want peace of mind, consider a JustWare hosted solution where you access your case management data over a secure Internet connection. We provide and maintain the server, manage all backups, and conduct all hardware and server software updates.
JustWare redefines the relationship between case management and reports by tightly integrating with Microsoft SQL Reporting Services. This combination enables JustWare users to use hyper-linked, clickable, drill-down reports, with clickable and drilldown charting as part and parcel of the system and combined with data entry screens. Report delivery via automated email schedules, report security and web accessible reports put key data into the right hands at the right time.
JustWare’s flexible XML-based design provides the ability for customized data entry and view screens to be created based off user, staff type (i.e. intake staff, attorneys, administrators), practice type or even location, division, and team (i.e. Anytown Criminal Division).
JustWare’s flexible design will only allow those relevant fields that you want available for case/matter intake. Other screens such as customized data entry views and conflict checking screens can be incorporated for case/matter intake staff.
JustWare’s snap-in design provides everything required for attorney and data intake staff on one screen and is fully defined by your goals, procedures and requirements. Our minimal screen design provides for rapid case and name entry, reduces data entry error, and reduces training time. Everything related to your case/matter and party entry is available on one screen, making data entry fast and accurate.
Much like popular web programs such as Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 7.0, JustWare uses tabbed browsing. Users can open multiple case/matter, name and My JustWare sessions at one time.
Every name and party with whom you interact—prosecutors, plaintiffs, clients, witnesses, organization, law enforcement personnel, aliases, businesses and your own public defender staff—is entered into JustWare once and linked to cases, other names, events and more. This powerful design provides a global view of how a name or party record has been involved with your office and allows you to easily check for conflicts.
With JustWare public defender case management software, you need not purchase individual case specific modules for each of your case types.
Each case type your public and legal defender’s office handles is processed uniquely, often with a specific workflow that requires statistical reports, time tracking, and calendaring. JustWare is an integrated public defender software solution that can be configured, according to your specifications, to anticipate and automate your workflow for all case types, including criminal, civil, mental health, family, traffic, appellate, and all others. JustWare even supports detailed security roles that allow or restrict access to these case types without compromising security.
For those users with appropriate permissions, this powerful central design provides a global view, across all case types of how your name records have been involved in your office.
JustWare's intuitive design supports differential case management—where various categories and types of cases process differently. For example, time-sensitive filings, cases processed under different rules, time standards and specific judicial assignments all process differently.
You need not purchase additional case-specific modules. A powerful, unified case management system provides a flexible tool for any of your agency-defined case types, today and in the future!
You can store all name-related and case files in JustWare's Virtual Filing Cabinet. These files are then accessible from any computer through JustWare. Documents generated in JustWare, scanned documents, and audio and video files are all stored in a shared location. You will never need to search individual computers for documents and other key files.
JustWare’s powerful indexing and web-style searching quickly locates system-wide case/matter and party information. Search on partial name information with soundex searching. Search on court numbers, charges or cause information, and much more, to return a list of sorted, ranked, and hyperlinked results. Our web-style design retrieves results quickly from all JustWare tables, allowing for complex searches such as “Jones, Aggravated Assault, Preliminary Hearing” to allow attorneys and staff to search on basically everything to find case or matter and party information.
JustWare public defender software solutions manage and automatically generate complex, multi-page documents and subpoenas, simple letters, and more—using your agency’s word processing templates. These documents automatically populate with the information stored in JustWare, reducing data entry time and error.
With JustWare’s Business Rules Manager, you can set up JustWare to follow your workflow—automated documents and forms can be triggered by docket entries or case status changes.
Using JustWare's Business Rules Manager, it is a snap to define your office’s workflow rules for case, name, and docket entry. The Business Rules Manager allows case statuses, events, your assigned work queues, documents/forms and other data entry to be linked to and triggered by both each other and timed events. Every rule can be specific to any case type.
Your agency defines all of business rules —all in a simple, visual, drag-and-drop business rule management tool.
JustWare helps you share your case management data with multiple agencies, divisions, sub-agencies, courts and jurisdictions. The multi-agency and multi-division design of JustWare provides the security and reporting features required to share and report criminal history and statistics, case information and events, and any other name- or case-related information with agency-defined, authorized users. You define data-sharing policies while maintaining the local autonomy required for daily operation.
Users navigate through JustWare’s rich web design with either a mouse or hot keys. Users unfamiliar with JustWare can point-and-click their way through the program while busy intake staff keep up with pressing workloads without taking their hands off the keyboard.
JustWare’s code partitioning provides the functionality to only customize drop down menus to only display options that are applicable to other selections. For example, when intake staff select a case type of Criminal – Felony, they would only see codes, involvement types, events, event status’, statutes, and documents specific to a Criminal – Felony case type in that jurisdiction (i.e. Immigration Law Unit, Anytown Public Defenders). This design is universal throughout JustWare, accelerating data entry and reducing errors.
JustWare’s innovative design offers a user experience superior to common web applications—including user-friendly tabbed browsing. Powerful features, like drag-and-drop and dynamically linked list boxes, are activated without ever refreshing a page. Power users and data entry staff will appreciate agency-defined keyboard shortcuts and other navigational elements that improve usability. JustWare is designed with the end user in mind.
If your agency has programming resources take full advantage of a supported and evolving JustWare API. Create interfaces to third party systems and create custom programs that interact with your JustWare data while still adhering to the business rules and security of your JustWare system. The JustWare API is a great solution to evolve JustWare while continuing to receive world class support from New Dawn resources and regular JustWare version updates.