Relational Semantics, Inc. (RSI) is an American
software company that specializes in case management systems for state courts and agencies. Founded in 1983, RSI is based in
Boston, Massachusetts,
The Massachusetts Appellate Courts system and other court systems in
New England, use RSI's Forecourt judicial case management system to automate case workflows and to provide web-based public access to case information.
History
RSI was founded in 1983. Bob Gorman currently serves as RSI's president and lead
software architect.
An early version of RSI's case management technology was adopted by the Vermont Judicial Bureau in 1990 to computerize workflows associated with traffic court cases.
RSI's Forecourt software was adopted by the Massachusetts Appellate Courts (comprising the
Massachusetts Appeals Court
The Massachusetts Appeals Court is the intermediate appellate court of Massachusetts. It was created in 1972 as a court of general appellate jurisdiction. The court is located at the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston, the same ...
and the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the court of last resort, highest court in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Although the claim is disputed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the SJC claims the di ...
) as a pilot program in the late 1990s and then implemented state-wide in 2001. Starting in 2003 the Appellate Courts used RSI technology to allow web-based public access to non-confidential case information in the Forecourt system. An updated version of the system and its web portal remain in use as of November 2015. In 2014 RSI updated the system to ingest electronically filed case documents from attorneys and
litigants, such as briefs and motions.
Forecourt was adopted by the Connecticut Housing Court in 2002. The system remains in use as of November 2015.
Products
RSI's Forecourt judicial case management system coordinates and automates
workflows
A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of activity, enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information. It can be depicted as a sequence of ...
throughout the case lifecycle from case initiation,
docketing, and calendaring, through to final disposition and reporting. RSI's extensions to the core Forecourt system support
web publishing, role-sensitive mobile access, and integration with external systems including e-filing portals.
RSI also makes Paragon software which supports state agencies in managing various types of case work. The Vermont Division of Fire Safety uses Paragon to manage inspection and safety information for structures statewide.
References
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External links
Official website
Software companies based in Massachusetts
Software companies of the United States