Setting Up CourtPlus Auto-Monitoring in 5 Minutes

Why Auto-Monitoring Matters

If you practice in South Carolina, you know CourtPlus. It’s the state’s electronic filing system, and it’s where every filing in your case appears. The problem is that CourtPlus doesn’t notify you when something is filed. You have to check it yourself.

Most attorneys check once a day — maybe. Some check a few times a week. And some only check when they remember, which means filings can go unnoticed for days.

Auto-monitoring changes that. Instead of you checking CourtPlus, the system checks for you — continuously — and sends you an alert the moment something new appears.

Setting Up Monitoring

Step 1: Add Your Case

Navigate to any case in Attorney Workbench and enter the SC case number. The system validates the case number against CourtPlus to confirm it exists.

Step 2: Enable Monitoring

Toggle court monitoring to “active” for that case. That’s it — the system will begin monitoring immediately.

Step 3: Configure Alerts

By default, you’ll receive email alerts for all new filings. You can customize:

• Alert method: Email, in-app notification, or both
• Filing types: All filings, or specific types (orders only, motions only, etc.)
• Team alerts: Send alerts to other attorneys or paralegals on the case

Step 4: Review the Backfill

When you first enable monitoring, the system pulls in the complete filing history from CourtPlus. This gives you a full timeline of every filing in the case, not just new ones going forward.

Step 5: You’re Done

There’s no step 5. Monitoring runs automatically from this point forward. When opposing counsel files a motion at 4:47 PM on a Friday, you’ll know about it before you leave the office.

What Triggers an Alert

The monitoring system checks for:

• New filings (motions, responses, replies, notices)
• New orders from the court
• Case status changes
• Hearing scheduling changes
• Any document added to the case docket

Each alert includes the filing type, filing party, date, and a link to view the document.

Multi-County Coverage

Attorney Workbench monitors cases across all South Carolina counties through CourtPlus. Whether your case is in Charleston, Richland, Greenville, or any other county, monitoring works the same way.

If you have cases in multiple counties, each one is monitored independently. You don’t need to configure anything differently for different counties.

What Attorneys Tell Us

The most common feedback we hear about court monitoring is simple: “I can’t believe I was checking manually before.”

The peace of mind of knowing that you’ll be alerted to any new filing — without having to remember to check — is worth the entire cost of the platform for many attorneys.

See also: The Hidden Cost of Missing a Filing

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