Judicial Automated Calendaring System

The Judicial Automated Calendaring System (JACS) provides attorneys with a quick,  reliable, and convenient solution to scheduling judicial hearings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through your web browser (internet).  Calendars are setup for each judge with hearing times ranging from 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60 minutes.  Attorneys can only schedule through JACS with their bar number.  Attorneys are able to schedule, reschedule or cancel hearings based on available hearing times.  Each time an attorney schedules a hearing, a confirmation is sent via email (as long as an email address is on record) to the scheduling attorney.  This confirmation includes confirmation number, date of hearing, time of hearing, case number, motion and the court the hearing is scheduled in.  Once a hearing is set, the confirmation number is needed to make any changes.  When a hearing is changed, rescheduled or cancelled, a new confirmation number is generated and a new confirmation is sent via email.

Attention All JACS Users

Please update all attorney info in JACS. We need your Office Email, Fax and Phone Numbers in JACS so in the event of a cancellation by this office, the system will generate you an email. Please include your Florida Bar Number.

This can be done by emailing webhelp@jud12.flcourts.org

If you have forgotten your JACS password, a Court Administration Technology Services (CATS) representative will be able to reset your password to your 7-digit Florida Bar Number.

Please e-mail us, by using the Help Us Help You/Tech Support Feedback Form  (include the attorney’s Florida Bar Number in comments field). A CATS representative will reset your password to your Florida Bar Number and will notify you by e-mail of the change.

If you have concerns about sending your Florida Bar Number via the Internet, please Email JACS Webmaster at webhelp@jud12.flcourts.org include your name, attorney’s name, and phone number, and a CATS representative will contact you by phone.

When you have received notification of your password return to this page. At this point you will need to select the proper court you wish to schedule (DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota). Your User ID will be your 7-digit Florida Bar Number and your password will be your 7-digit Florida Bar Number*.   Select the Judge needed for scheduling and follow the login link.

If your login is successful, the Change Password screen will be displayed.

Enter your 7-digit Florida Bar Number* in the Old Password field. 

The new password must be a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 8 numeric characters, using the numbers 0-9. 

Some examples of passwords are:

• Your telephone number
• Your birth date
• Your area code

Enter your new password twice in the fields indicated and press the Submit button.

If you were successful in changing your password, you will receive a message saying YOUR PASSWORD HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.

Press the CONTINUE button and proceed

The JACS menu options will appear.

Thanks again for using JACS.

NOTE: If your bar number is only 6-digits, please insert a leading zero(0) to make your bar number 7-digits.

If this is your first time using JACS, Welcome. JACS is an easy to use, easy to understand program for scheduling hearing times with the Judges of the 12th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. JACS can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Print these instructions and select the appropriate link for the court you wish to schedule.

STEP 1: Your User ID is your 7-digit Florida Bar Number*. Since this is your first time using JACS, your password is your 7-digit Florida Bar Number*.

NOTE: If your bar number is only 6-digits, please insert a leading zero(0) to make your bar number 7-digits.

STEP 2: Select the Division and Judge needed for scheduling from the Court drop-down field.

STEP 3: Press the Log In button.

NOTE: You may get a window that pops up asking you to Save the Windows password,

Select NO. This is a Windows function not a JACS function.

If your login is successful, you will be at a Change Password screen, proceed to STEP 4.

If your login is unsuccessful, please e-mail us, by using the Help Us Help You/Tech Support Feedback Form (include Florida Bar number in comment field) or e-mail JACS Webmaster at webhelp@jud12.flcourts.org. A Court Administration Technology Services (CATS) representative will reset your password to your Florida Bar Number and will notify you by e-mail of the change. If you have concerns about sending your Florida Bar Number via the Internet, include your name and number in the Comment field and a CATS representative will contact you.

When you receive notification of your password change, proceed to STEP 1.

STEP 4: CHANGE PASSWORD SCREEN.

Your old password is your 7-digit Florida Bar number*.

The new password must be a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 8 numeric characters, using the numbers 0-9. 

Some examples of passwords are:

• Your telephone number
• Your birth date
• Your area code.

Enter your new password twice in the fields indicated and press the Submit button. If you were successful in changing your password, you will receive a message saying

YOUR PASSWORD HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.

Press the CONTINUE button and proceed

The JACS menu options will appear.

NOTE: If your bar number is only 6-digits, please insert a leading zero(0) to make your bar number 7-digits.

• Forms
• Judge's Requirements
• Web Scheduling Instructions