Time Tracking Software for Lawyers
Legal time tracking software that helps lawyers capture billable time, keep matter notes clear, and turn daily work into invoice-ready billing data.
Works with the billing and accounting tools your firm already uses
Keep client work, matter time, and billing detail easy to trust.
Track legal time by client, matter, task, and activity, then review clear reports before billing work through your accounting system.
Capture Billable Time by Client, Matter, and Task
MinuteDock gives lawyers a fast way to record work while it is happening, from client calls and research to drafting, review, meetings, and internal admin.
- Matter-level context
- Keep each time entry tied to the right client, matter, task, and activity.
- Fast task switching
- Move between client work without rebuilding the day from memory.
- Cleaner legal time tracking
- Record billable and non-billable work in one simple workflow.
Keep Billing Notes Clear Enough for Review
Good legal billing depends on detail that is captured close to the work. MinuteDock keeps notes with each entry so review, write-up, and invoice preparation are easier.
- Useful descriptions
- Add notes while the context is still fresh.
- Less reconstructed time
- Reduce the end-of-day scramble to remember calls, emails, and drafting work.
- Flexible filters
- Review work by lawyer, client, matter, task, billable status, or date.
- Clearer client billing
- Give billing reviewers better context before invoices go out.
See Matter Budgets, WIP, and Billable Value Earlier
Whether your firm bills hourly, fixed-fee, or retainer work, MinuteDock helps you see where time is going before billing surprises appear.
- Matter budgets
- Set budgets for retainers, fixed-fee matters, and client work.
- Work in progress
- See billable value building across matters and lawyers.
- Scope signals
- Spot matters using more time than planned.
- Small firm visibility
- Understand workload, utilization, and non-billable admin time.
Turn Legal Timesheets Into Invoice-Ready Billing Data
Track time in MinuteDock, review the work, apply the right rates, and send clean billing data to the accounting system your firm already uses.
- Invoice-ready time
- Roll up hourly work into invoice lines your way.
- Flexible rates
- Apply rates by team member, client, matter, task, or activity.
- Accounting-system handoff
- Map tracking categories and ledger codes before billing.
- Billing integrations
- Connect with Xero, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, MYOB, or Wave.
Simple Time Tracking Your Law Firm Will Actually Use
The best timekeeping software for lawyers is the one people keep using. MinuteDock keeps daily time capture quick while giving firm owners and managers the reporting they need.
- Team accounts
- Invite lawyers and staff into one shared workspace.
- Admin control
- Manage access without adding process overhead.
- Desktop and mobile
- Capture time at the office, at court, at home, or between client meetings.
- One simple workflow
- Keep time, notes, budgets, reports, and billing connected.
Ready to give MinuteDock a try?
Get a 14-day free trial. Pricing starts from $19 per month.
Connect to your accounting software to streamline your workflow
Wave
Track time and invoice clients with Wave. Sync timesheets to Wave and create beautiful invoices, accept online payments, and make accounting easy!
Xero
The smart choice for professional services using Xero. Your hours land perfectly formatted, ready to invoice with your Xero branding and settings.
QuickBooks
Track time, sync to QuickBooks, invoice clients – done. Works seamlessly with your QuickBooks invoicing and payroll, using all your existing settings.
MYOB
Time tracking that gets how MYOB works. Your hours flow straight through as perfectly formatted and ready-to-go invoices – using your MYOB branding and settings.
Freshbooks
The time tracking app for Freshbooks Accounting software. Track timesheets via MinuteDock's web and mobile apps, sync to Freshbooks for billing clients.
Sage Business Cloud
Add time tracking capabilities to Sage Business Cloud. Employee timesheets tracked via MinuteDock's mobile and web apps sync to Sage for billing and payroll.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need other software to use MinuteDock?
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Not if you don't want to! MinuteDock can be used without any software integrations. Having said that, we find that our customers can often get the best value out of their MinuteDock usage by making use of one of our accounting software integrations to streamline their billing process.
- Do you have an iPhone or Android app?
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We sure do - the MinuteDock mobile app links and syncs directly with your MinuteDock account. Best of all, it's free to use with your MinuteDock subscription.
- I have old data solution that I want to import to MinuteDock. How can I do this?
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Drop a line to our customer support team (team@minutedock.com). If you provide us with a CSV file containing the data you want to import to MinuteDock, we'll get everything setup.
- What is the best time tracking software for lawyers?
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The best time tracking software for lawyers is fast enough for daily use, but detailed enough to report on clients, matters, billable hours, budgets, and billing value. MinuteDock gives lawyers quick time capture with matter-level reporting and invoice-ready billing workflows.
- Can lawyers track time by matter or client in MinuteDock?
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Yes. Lawyers can track time by client, matter, job, task, activity, team member, billable status, and date range. That gives firms clearer legal time tracking without forcing staff into a heavyweight practice management system.
- Does MinuteDock support legal timekeeping and billing?
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Yes. MinuteDock supports legal timekeeping by helping lawyers capture time, add billing notes, apply rates, review reports, and turn approved time into billing data for invoicing.
- Can small law firms track fixed-fee, retainer, and hourly matters?
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Yes. Law firms can track hourly matters, fixed-fee work, retainers, internal admin, and non-billable time in MinuteDock. Matter budgets make it easier to see when work is drifting beyond the expected scope.
- Does MinuteDock integrate with accounting software for law firms?
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MinuteDock integrates with popular accounting systems including Xero, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, MYOB, and Wave. Your firm can track and review time in MinuteDock, then send billing data through for invoicing.