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Simple time capture and billing for small law firms
Attorneys need to record billable time as it happens and invoice it accurately.
Why it can work
- Time is lost when notes, paper and batches are used.
- Attorneys often write off large shares of billable hours.
- Staff need tools they will actually use.
Watch out
- Staff may keep using paper or old habits.
- Accounting integration may be harder than it looks.
First moveLog every billable task for a week at a small firm.
How it scores
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How much it itches 28 of 40
Will people pay 0 of 35
The job to be done
Capture billable time consistently for law work
When attorneys and staff do legal work across scattered notes, paper, and end-of-month batches, the firm needs to record billable time as it happens and turn it into accurate invoices, so they can stop losing billable hours and bill clients correctly.
How often posters face it
- Daily3
- Monthly2
- Every job2
- One-off1
- Yearly1
Pain proof
9 complaints from 1 community
Small firm's billing software is messy and they need simple hour tracking and clean invoices that integrate with accounting.
Small law practice cannot see profit per flat-fee case because staff do not track time on flat-fee work and workflows are inefficient.
Small firm finds its time tracking software painful and needs an easier one that staff will use.
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Attorneys and staff record billable time in inconsistent ways, such as Word docs, paper and end-of-month entry, so time is lost.
Solo attorney routinely writes off 20-50% of billable hours because they cannot estimate reasonable time per task.
A small firm must replace its time tracking and billing tool after dropping Advantage Law and overlaps with Clio and Netdocs.
A new solo litigator has no idea how to handle billing and wants an efficient, free or open-source legal billing tool.
Attorney wants to log time by dictating rather than typing and export it to a spreadsheet.
If you started today
A first version, from what posters ask for
First version
Sources
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