Legal billing software that gets you paid faster

Legal time and billing software is a specialized program that helps lawyers keep track of their work and expenses and bill clients accordingly. It automates time and expense tracking, invoicing, trust accounting, and payment processing for legal professionals.
It optimizes every stage of the billing workflow—time entry, invoice creation, bill review, collections, and payments—so firms improve accuracy, save time, and get paid faster.

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The main advantage of legal time and billing software is that it allows firms to reduce time spent on invoicing, billing, and collections. The best online legal billing solution is customizable, with branded invoices and flexible billing plans available to help you get paid faster. Create reports to get a clear picture of outstanding balances and accounts receivable with filters by matter or individual.

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Clio Manage is widely recognized as the best legal billing software, with a rating of 4.5/5 or higher on G2 Crowd, SoftwareAdvice.com, Capterra, and Lawyerist. Clio is also trusted by thousands of Canadian legal professionals and also integrates with Quickbooks and over 100 other apps. Find it in the app directory.

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If they bill by the hour, lawyers may track their time in six-minute increments and then add this time to an invoice that notes which activities each time log was spent on. Lawyers may also track their time but use an alternative billing arrangement such as retainers, evergreen retainers, sliding-scale fees, flat fees, contingency fees, or subscription services. See how it works. See how it works.

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. Read this Help Center article, and watch a brief, four-minute video on how it’s done.

Yes. Clio’s 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. Schedule a demo and see how it works.

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. See how.

Clio’s costs vary depending on the features your law firm is looking for. Our legal billing solution offers pricing plans starting at just $69/month, to ensure firms of all sizes can access our software solution.

Yes. Clio’s billing software lets you customize headers and themes, and add your law firm’s branded logo to your invoices. See it in action.

Yes. Clio includes a straightforward dashboard of outstanding balances showing who has paid, who hasn’t, and when payments are due. Find out more.

Yes. Clio’s billing software for lawyers integrates with Quickbooks. Find it and 100+ other integrations in the app directory.

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, 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. Having a billing software helps you keep track of it all.
Accounting integrations: Your law office 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.
Customizable bill themes or invoice templates: Your law firm time and 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 set automatic reminders if an invoice is past due.
Payment plans: Your law billing software should include the option to put clients on automated payment plans.
Credit card processing: Clients today no longer want to pay via cheque. Your legal billing system should include a credit card processor that allows clients to pay their bills 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 law 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 Accounts).

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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, 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. Having a billing software helps you keep track of it all.
Accounting integrations: Your law office 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.
Customizable bill themes or invoice templates: Your law firm time and 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 set automatic reminders if an invoice is past due.
Payment plans: Your law billing software should include the option to put clients on automated payment plans.
Credit card processing: Clients today no longer want to pay via cheque. Your legal billing system should include a credit card processor that allows clients to pay their bills 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 law 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 Accounts).

See Clio in action