caseload
Lawyer's pending matters
A caseload is the number of cases handled by a professional at any given time—typically a social worker, lawyer, doctor, or judge.
The term implies ongoing responsibility: Her caseload increased to forty clients.
Heavy caseloads strain workers and can compromise quality of care or attention.
Ranking by importance
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
allocation · triage · assignment · distribution · rotation · balance · capacity · staffing
Those receiving professional services
- familiesRelated people living together
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- advocacyPleading for a cause
welfare · assessment · homelessness · addiction · abuse · trauma · rehabilitation · outreach
Intensely excessive in force
- unmanageableImpossible to control
- heavyOf great mass
- demandingRequiring great effort
- excessiveSurpassing reasonable bounds
crushing · mounting · unsustainable · impossible · understaffed · overworked · stretched · swamped
Court's case schedule
- litigationLegal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
defense · attorney · lawyer · tribunal · magistrate · appellate · briefs · motions
prioritization
Ranking by importance
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- trackingMonitoring location over time
monitoring · allocation · triage · assignment · distribution · rotation · balance · capacity · staffing · documentation
clients
Those receiving professional services
- familiesRelated people living together
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
advocacy · welfare · assessment · homelessness · addiction · abuse · trauma · rehabilitation · outreach · intake
overwhelming
Intensely excessive in force
- unmanageableImpossible to control
- heavyOf great mass
- demandingRequiring great effort
excessive · crushing · mounting · unsustainable · impossible · understaffed · overworked · stretched · swamped · drowning
docket
Court's case schedule
- litigationLegal dispute process
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
prosecution · defense · attorney · lawyer · tribunal · magistrate · appellate · briefs · motions · filings
volume
Amount of space filled
cap · limit · target · benchmark · standard · count · number · size · reduction · increase
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- court administrationclerks, court clerks, docket, dockets, docketing
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, public assistance
- assignmentsassignment, task, job, chore, duty
- caseworkintake, intake form, referral, referrals, client
- law practicelaw firm, law office, legal fees, billing, legal ethics
caseloadvacancy
Unoccupied space or position
zero cases · underemployment · underutilization · unassigned