j-lawyer.org

Table of Contents

Authors / Contributors

Change log

Launching the application

Launching the j-lawyer.org Server

Launching the j-lawyer.org Client

User Interface

Navigation and Main Elements

“My Desktop”

Case Management

Case Numbering

Document Preview

Case History

History across Cases

Contacts / Adresses

Document Management

PDF Conversion

Reminders and Respites

Email Integration

Add-Ons: Drebis

Add-Ons: Sipgate

Supported Country Codes

Systems Administration

Resolving port conflicts

Monitoring

Authors / Contributors

Jens Kutschkej-lawyer.org, info@j-lawyer.org

Change log

Version

Date

Editor

Notes

0.1

Jun 24 2016

Jens Kutschke

Initial version, contents taken from current online documentation.

0.2

Jun 29 2016

Jens Kutschke

J-lawyer.org 1.8

0.3

Aug 1 2016

Jens Kutschke

Launching the application

0.4

Sep 21 2016

Jens Kutschke

Custom case numbering

0.5

Oct 21 2016

Jens Kutschke

Port configurations

Launching the application

Launching the j-lawyer.org Server

Versions

Platforms

1.0+

All

 

 

Launching the j-lawyer.org Client

Versions

Platforms

1.0 .. 1.7.1

All

1.8+

All, new JNDI port

 

After launching the j-lawyer.org Client, users are required to authenticate with valid credentials. When logging in for the first time, there are two default users available:

 
 

Before logging in and during your first connection attempt, please provide connection parameters in the “Connection” tab. Specify the name or the IP of the j-lawyer.org Server (or “localhost” when using j-lawyer.org Server and Client on the same device).

Up to version 1.7.1. use the following ports:

Starting with version 1.8:

 
 

User Interface

Navigation and Main Elements

Versions

Platforms

1.0+

all

 

Tbd

“My Desktop”

Versions

Platforms

1.0+

all

1.8+

All, completely redesigned

 

The “My Desktop” view provides the most important information at a glace and allows navigating to the relevant objects:

 

Last Changeddisplays information on the case and the lawyer in charge for this case.

Duedisplays follow-up reminders and respites that are due or overdue, sorted by their due date in descending order. The user in charge of the follow-up is displayed. Here are the meanings of font decorations and icons in detail:

Hovering over a case, follow-up or respite displays more information in the tooltip. Double clicking navigates to the case. Follow-ups and respites can be marked “done” by clicking the checkbox and will be removed from the ToDos on “My Desktop” upon next refresh.

 

Case Management

Case Numbering

Versionen

Plattformen

1.8+

all

 

As of version 1.8, users can define a custom case numbering schema using menu “Settings” - “Cases” - “Case Numbering”.

 

The following definition values can be used:

 

C – random character

R – random digit

N – global index number

n – local index number within other criteria

 

For individual numbering requirements you can freely define a custom schema like this:

 

 

Month and day can be specified as either M or MM / D or DD. The two characters option will make sure that leading zeroes are added when required.

 

In any case, j-lawyer.org will force uniqueness of all case numbers.

 

Document Preview

Versions

Platforms

1.8+

all

 

While working in a case, a single click on a document will open a preview. The following file formats are supported:

Double clicking the document will open it in an editor.

Case History

Versions

Plattforms

1.0+

all

 

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History across Cases

Versions

Plattforms

1.8+

all

 

In addition to the history visualized for a specific case, there is

This way, it is easy to find own changes as well as cases that have been edited by co-workers.

In the upper part of the dialog there is a timeline that spans the entire history available in the system. By moving the blue (from...) and red (to...) sliders, history search is restricted to a desired timeframe. Also, there is a dropdown that allows to restrict the number of retrieved history entries. By default, a maximum number of 500 entries is displayed.

The results are visualized grouped by day and show changed cases and which user made which specific change. Clicking the case number or name navigates to the case directly.

 

Contacts / Adresses

 

Versions

Platforms

1.7.1+

all

Document Management

PDF Conversion

Versionen

Plattformen

1.8+

alle

 

j-lawyer.org is able to convert most document formats to PDF, automatically and in the background. This is required specifically for

Conversion is performed in the background, using a library called “unoconv”.

At the time of publishing j-lawyer.org 1.8, there is a restriction for users on Mac OS X: unoconv is currently not working on Mac OS X in combination with LibreOffice 5.

 

Reminders and Respites

 

Versions

Platforms

1.7.1+

all

Email Integration

 

Versions

Platforms

1.7.1+

all

Add-Ons: Drebis

 

Versions

Platforms

1.7.1+

all

Add-Ons: Sipgate

Supported Country Codes

Versions

Plattforms

1.8+

all

 

As of version 1.8, j-lawyer.org supports the following country codes:

Connections in these countries can receive faxes, messages and calls from within j-lawyer.org.

When creating / editing a contact in j-lawyer.org, it is recommended to save the full number including country code. When missing, j-lawyer.org will assume it is a German number.

Systems Administration

 

Resolving port conflicts

Versionen

Plattformen

1.8+

all

 

The j-lawyer.org Server is listening for inbound connections on different ports, e.g. on port 8080 and others. A complete list of these ports can be found in  file \wildfly-9.0.2.Final\standalone\configuration\standalone-full.xml in the installation directory of the j-lawyer.org server:

 
 

In case of ports conflicting with other applications, the relevant port can be changed directly, or one can specify a numeric offset that is applied to all ports used by j-lawyer.org. Specifying an offset of “100” adds 100 to all configured ports.

The offset is configured in the line as shown:

<socket-binding-group name="standard-sockets" default-interface="public" port-offset="${jboss.socket.binding.port-offset:0}">

change to

<socket-binding-group name="standard-sockets" default-interface="public" port-offset="${jboss.socket.binding.port-offset:100}">

This change requires a restart of the j-lawyer.org server.

Monitoring

Versions

Plattforms

1.7.1+

alle

 

You can configure an automated monitoring of the j-lawyer.org Server, including hard disk space, CPU load, system memory and memory of the Java Virtual Machine. To configure this feature, you can set thresholds and an optional email notification under “Settings” - “Server Monitoring”.

As of version 1.8, the memory monitoring will look at both physical memory as well as swap space. Thresholds need to be set accordingly, e.g.

Server has 4GB RAM and 2GB swap space. If you want the monitoring to notify as soon as swap is in use, set the limit to 66% (total of 2GB+4GB  memory and swap, warnings desired at 4GB, that means 4/6 = 66%).

 

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations

Figure 1: Login dialog, User credentials        3

Figure 2: Login dialog, Connection parameters        4

Figure 3: Port configuration        14