What Is Legal Billing Software?

Why It Matters

Billing errors delay payment and strain client relationships. Modern billing tools check entries against client guidelines before invoices go out and accept online payments.

Practice / Matter Management Companies

• ClioClio is cloud legal practice management software for case management, time tracking, billing and…
• FilevineFilevine is case management software for law firms and legal teams, with its LOIS…
• LawhiveLawhive is a legal tech startup that offers an AI platform for lawyers to…
• LitifyLitify is legal software built on Salesforce for matter management and workflows at law…
• SmokeballSmokeball is legal practice management software with automatic time tracking, document automation, and trust…
• PointOnePointOne is AI timekeeping and bill review software that passively tracks time for law…

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Related Terms

Time tracking

Recording the time lawyers and staff spend on each matter, usually in six-minute increments, for billing and analysis.

E-billing

Electronic submission and review of law firm invoices by legal departments, usually with billing guidelines applied automatically.

Trust accounting (IOLTA)

Holding and tracking client money separately from the firm's own funds, as bar rules require. IOLTA accounts are pooled interest-bearing trust accounts used for this in the US.

LEDES

The Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard, a set of file formats for sending law firm invoices and related data electronically.