NextGen CM/ECF Hardware/Software Requirements

Attorneys will need the following hardware and software to electronically file, view, and retrieve documents in the electronic filing system.

  • A personal Windows or Apple Macintosh (Mac) computer
  • Browser Version Compatibility
    • Firefox (122.0-125.0.1)
    • Google Chrome (121.0.6167.86 - 124.0.6367.61)
    • Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.92 - 124.0.2478.67)
    • Safari (14.4 - 14.4.1)
  • Mobile OS Compatibility
    • ​iPhone 7 - IOS 17.4 - 17.4.1
    • iPadPro - iPadOS 17.4-17.4.1
    • ASUS ZenPad 10 - 7.0 Nougat
    • Surface Pro 3 - Windows 10
    • Surface Pro 7 - Windows 10
    • Samsung Galaxy Tab A - Android 9
  • Portable Document Format (PDF) Conversion Software - to convert documents from a word processor format to portable document format (PDF). Examples: Adobe Acrobat PDF Writer, as well as certain word processing programs can perform this function. Adobe Acrobat Version 5 and higher meet the CM/ECF filing requirements. For viewing documents, not authoring them, only Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed.
  • Word processing package - Mac or windows-based versions of WordPerfect and Word whose output can be converted to PDF format.
  • Scanner - to create PDFs of documents currently only available in paper format