Why integrating time recording and billing to capture all billable activity is important
Integrating time recording and billing is essential for a law firm to capture all billable activity efficiently and accurately. By integrating these processes, your firm can ensure that all billable hours and activities are properly recorded and invoiced, leading to improved revenue capture and financial performance. This integration also streamlines the billing process, reduces the risk of errors or omissions, and provides transparency to clients regarding the services rendered. It enables your firm to analyse and track billable hours more effectively, leading to better resource allocation and informed decision-making. Overall, integrating time recording and billing is crucial for maximising revenue, maintaining client satisfaction, and optimising operational efficiency within your firm.
What you can do to integrate time recording and billing to capture all billable activity
Customise your time recording in Access Legal Case Management to fit your specific needs and preferences, with options for hourly rates, time activity categories, or alternative billing arrangements such as flat fee or contingency, giving you greater flexibility and control over your billing process. You can be confident in the accuracy of your billable and non-billable hours and client invoices, helping to maximise resources and profitability.
Forgetting to record time or manually tracking hours is a thing of the past. Whether you’re drafting documents, or responding to clients' emails you’ll always have a convenient method to record time in Access Legal Case Management so that every task gets accounted for. Start and stop a timer in Access Legal Case Management to record time and log it automatically to the relevant case. Correct recorded time after the fact. For example, if you forget to start a timer or leave it running, you can manually amend the units as needed to ensure every time entry is accurate. To safeguard the profitability of fixed fee work and to increase billable opportunities, Access Legal Case Management limits, automated warnings and helpful prompt functionality ensure that matters are billed correctly and in budget.
Legal Aid rates for Crime and Matrimonial work are stored within Access Legal Case Management and kept up to date in line with the LAA saving you time looking up codes and manually calculating complicated legal aid fees. Easily upload your legal aid claims to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) online portal in bulk, saving you valuable time and effort, and improving the efficiency of your legal aid process.
Create professional, easy-to-read invoices with your firm logo. Offer greater transparency by including aggregated or expanded activity lists and detailed time breakdowns.
How to integrate time recording and billing to capture all billable activity
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