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Practice and Firm Management

What Is Legal Time Tracking?

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

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Time that is not captured is not billed. Passive time capture tools that build entries from email, calendar and document activity aim to close that gap, but entries still need reviewing for accuracy and narrative quality.

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Related Terms

Billable hour
The traditional law firm pricing model, in which clients pay for the time lawyers and staff spend on their matters at hourly rates.
Legal billing
Turning recorded time and expenses into invoices, applying rates and client billing rules, and tracking payment.
Utilization rate
The share of available working hours that a lawyer records as billable time.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.