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 (96.0-98.0.2)
    • Google Chrome (97.0.4692.99- 100.0.486.75)
    • Microsoft Edge (97.0.1072.76 - 100.0.1185.36)
    • Safari (12.2)
  • Mobile OS Compatibility
    • ​iPad Pro - iOS 14.6 / iOS 15.3
    • 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