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Clio Manage has the only legal time recording software you need.
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“Great product”
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“Major time saver”
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“Quality customer service”
Track every moment no matter where you are
Meet your billable targets, and don’t let a minute slip through the cracks. Spend less recording your hours, and more time billing for them.
Effortless time entry review and billing
Bill in real-time, and increase your cash flow. Reduce legal billing disputes and improve client satisfaction by accurately recording detailed time entries in our time tracking software.
Review and adjust time entries with ease
Correct or add time entries after the fact using time tracking features that allow for easy review and adjustment of time entries. For example, if you’ve accidentally forgotten to start a timer, or left a timer running, you can add or subtract minutes as needed to ensure every time entry is accurate.
Set customised rates
Attach custom rates to certain time entries, matters, clients, activity categories, or users. Automatically round time entries to the increment that makes sense for your firm.
See time entries through to payment
Clio’s time-recording software, a comprehensive time tracking tool, creates time entries that appear on your bills with a single click. Share invoices with clients and get paid 39% faster by accepting online payments—all within Clio. Clio’s online payment solution (available to all Clio users in the UK and Ireland) helps you get paid faster.
Track expenses with a few clicks
Record disbursements or expenses immediately and eliminate the need to document and categorise later on. Keep a detailed record of all reimbursable expenditures at all times to simplify monthly reconciliations and easily produce reports in case of an audit.
Get clarity on where your time and money is going
Use Clio’s legal timekeeping software to analyse your staff and firm’s performance with ease by leveraging time tracking data. Make better decisions, and make more money.
Categorise time entries to see where your time goes
Attach UTBMS codes as you create time and expense entries to track time spent and categorise your time entries, which helps benchmark your performance and further improve billing.
See how much non-billable work you’re doing
Track time by marking time entries as billable or non-billable. Track non-billable time against contingency or fixed fee matters to ensure your law firm is taking on profitable work.
Generate detailed time and expense reports
Produce quick and up-to-date reports from all of the time and expense entries across your firm. Filter and group time entry metrics by date, matter, user, or status.
Customer testimonials
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Time-recording resources
Learn about best practices and benchmarks for tracking time and expenses at your law firm.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is legal time tracking software?
Legal time-recording software is a tool that allows you to input, categorise, and record the time spent on tasks at work.
Lawyers generally work on multiple matters for multiple clients in a day. Trying to remember billable hours at the end of the day (or more realistically, at the end of the month) can mean work doesn’t always make it on the invoice. Legal time-recording software helps eliminate uncertainty by tracking work in real-time. The flexibility in the time tracking process ensures seamless synchronization across devices and platforms, making it easier for law firm employees to track their work whether they are using desktop or mobile tools. No more overcharging or underbilling a client.
Can I add time for other users at my firm?
Yes. Any user can add or edit time entries on behalf of another user by selecting their name from the Time Entry drop-down list.
I prefer to enter time entries on a weekly or monthly basis. How can I use legal time keeping software?
You can create, edit, and delete time entries at any given time.
For creating time entries after the fact, you can review all of the calendar entries, documents, and notes stored in Clio, and add time entries instantly from there.
Can I adjust time entries when approving a bill?
Yes. When generating a bill, all time entries appear in an editable format that can be adjusted before sending to a client.
What are the different ways I can use legal time and billing software to add time entries to a bill?
There are 5 different ways to use Clio’s legal time tracking software to add time entries into your billing system:
- Use the time entry from
- Start a timer
- Add time entries from a document, note, calendar event, or client communication
- Use Clio’s mobile app
- Use an integration to add entries from your other software
Can I customise the rates I bill clients for different types of time entries?
Yes. In Clio’s time and expense tracking software, you can create User Default Rates, Matter Rates, Client Rates and Custom Rates.
These rates have a hierarchy so that if there is a situation where there are conflicting rates, then one rate will override all others.
Here’s the order of the hierarchy:
- Custom rate
- Fixed rate
- Matter-based rate
- Client-based rate
- Activity category custom rate
- User default rate
For descriptions of each rate, read this Help Center article.
More Clio Manage features
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Legal Matter Management Software
Stay organised, and access the information you need—from anywhere, at any time.
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Legal Document Management
Edit, store, and organise your legal documents securely, from anywhere.
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Legal Billing
Create custom bill plans based on fee structure and reduce manual data entry. Bill via email or our secure client portal.
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Client Accounting Software
Simplify reconciliations and your firm’s billing process. Sync to third-party accounting systems.
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Clio Payments
Looking for a legal payment processing provider? Clio Payments makes it easy for clients to pay their lawyer online.
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Legal Calendaring
Stay on top of deadlines, with the ability to view diary events by case and to add custom reminders for any event.
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Law Firm Performance Dashboard
See how many hours your firm has captured, billed, and collected in one dashboard.
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Task Management
Clio Manage makes running your firm, organising cases, and collaborating with clients from one place possible.
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Client Portal
A desktop and mobile app for clients to communicate and collaborate with their lawyer.
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