Clio allows you to generate bills from the main dashboard of a matter. Clicking the ‘Quick Bill’ button will instantly generate an invoice with all billable time entries. You can also generate bills in bulk.

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Yes. Clio’s legal billing software allows you to approve and apply trust funds to your bills. This applies available trust funds to your invoice and allows the client to pay their balance. If you are out of trust funds, you can always send a trust request.

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The easiest way to share invoices with clients is over email. Once a bill is approved, click ‘Share’, and your client will receive an email that allows them to pay their invoice with a credit card.

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Yes. Clio’s billing software lets you customise headers and themes, and add your law firm’s branded logo to your invoices.

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Yes. Clio includes a straightforward dashboard of outstanding balances that shows who’s paid their bills, who hasn’t, and when a payment is due.

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Yes. Clio’s legal billing software integrates with Xero. Read this Help Centre article to find out how to sync Xero to your Clio account.

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The best legal billing software has a range of features to help your law firm bill efficiently. Below is a set of standard options you should look for first (Clio Manage includes all of these):

Varied billing arrangements: Your legal billing software should let you bill by the hour, or charge flat fees or contingency fees.

Custom hourly rates and fees: This lets you charge different set hourly rates for different lawyers in your firm, and different flat fees for certain activities.

Timekeepers: You should be able to track time as you work using stopwatch timers in your legal billing software, or have the option to add time entries after the fact.

Expense tracking: Printing costs, mailing costs, and filing fees also need to be billed to clients. Legal billing software helps you keep track of it all.

Accounting integrations: Your legal billing software should integrate directly with your law firm’s accounting software for easy reconciliation of accounts.

Activity codes: These are standard codes assigned to different activities within your firm such as research, document drafting, or contract review.

LEDES billing codes: For firms that need it, your software should allow you to easily format bills according to LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard). You should also be able to use UTBMS codes (Uniform Task-Based Management System Codes) to give further detail on a LEDES bill.

Invoicing: Bills should be automatically generated based on unbilled time and expenses logged to a case.

Customisable bill themes or invoice templates: Your legal billing software should allow you to create clear, professional bills featuring your firm’s logo and any standard copy needed.

Payment reminders: You should have the option to remind payments if an invoice is past due.

Payment plans: Your legal billing software should include the option to put clients on automated payment plans.

Credit card processing: Today’s clients no longer want to pay via check. Your legal billing software should include a credit card processor that allows clients to pay their bills easily via credit card online.

Outstanding client balances: You should easily be able to see the balance of client accounts and whether clients have paid or not.

Trust account management: Your legal billing software should help you keep an accurate record of all trust accounts and transactions. You should also be able to keep track of your IOLTA (Interest On Lawyer Trust Account).

Financial reporting: You should be able to see accounts receivables, outstanding balances, and more in easy to read reports, organised by client, matter, or attorney.

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