# Time tracking for law firms, per client and matter > Time tracking for law firms: hours per matter to the minute, timers you can switch fast, a note on every entry and partner review before billing. URL: https://timetracking.tech/for/law-firms Language: en Last updated: 2026-10-26 Lawyers rarely lose time in long drafting sessions. They lose it in the gaps. A call between two meetings. An email answered on the train. A research hour rebuilt from memory at month-end. With TimeTracking you log time per matter in seconds, with a note on the work. Partners review the hours before they go to billing. Start free for up to 5 users. ## From first call to billing in four steps 1. **Open the matter**: You set up each matter under its client. So every entry lands on the right file. Time, notes and reports all belong to that matter. 2. **Track with the timer or afterwards**: Start the timer when the call begins and stop it when it ends. Or add the entry later. Time is logged to the minute, with a note on the work. 3. **The partner reviews**: Before anything goes out, the partner in charge checks the hours per matter and fee earner. They approve, or send lines back with a comment. 4. **Export to billing**: Approved hours and their notes go to the billing or practice system you already use. TimeTracking does not send invoices and keeps no client accounts. ## Time per matter, to the minute In legal work, the matter is what counts. TimeTracking links every entry to a client and a matter. It stores the time in whole minutes. A six-minute call and a three-hour hearing are logged the same way. So short work is caught just as well as long work. TimeTracking keeps the real time worked. Does your firm bill in fixed units? Then your billing system rounds to those units, under your own terms. The original minutes stay available for review. - Every entry linked to client and matter - Durations stored to the minute - Real time kept for review and reports - Hours per matter, fee earner and period ## Timers that keep up with a fee earner's day A normal day jumps to a new matter every half hour. In the web app you stop one timer and start the next on the same page. On the phone, the timer keeps running when the app is closed or the phone restarts. No signal in the court building? Hours wait on the phone and go out once it is back online. Forgot a timer? Add or fix the entry afterwards. On Pro, past entries become proposals for repeat work, such as a weekly call with a corporate client. You confirm in one tap. A desktop tray app and a browser extension are on the roadmap. ## A note on every entry The client often reads the note on the bill. So it matters as much as the time. Every entry in TimeTracking has a note. You write it while the work is fresh, not weeks later. Reviewers see the notes when they approve. The notes go with the hours in every export. Does a client question an invoice? Clear notes keep the talk short. The work, the time and who logged it are all in one place. ## Partner review before billing Hours move through clear steps: draft, submitted, approved, exported and locked. The partner in charge sees the submitted time per matter. They can approve the whole period at once. Or they reject one line with a comment. For example, to ask for a clearer note or to move time to another matter. After export, the period is locked. A later fix becomes a new line in the next open period. Nothing changes silently. The audit trail shows who approved what, and when. - Review per matter and per fee earner - Reject single lines with a comment - Locked after export, corrections in the next period - Audit trail of every approval ## No billing, no trust accounting, by design TimeTracking is not a practice management system. It does not create invoices. It does not manage client accounts or trust money. It does not store case documents. It does one job well: approved time you can trust. Then it hands that time to the systems that do the rest. Export approved hours as CSV, XLSX or JSON files with your own columns. Or pull them through the REST API. A webhook can alert your billing process as soon as a period is approved. ## Confidential by default Notes on time entries often hold sensitive details. Customer data is stored in the EU, in Ireland. Each organisation's data is kept apart at database level. Employees see their own entries. Reviewers see the hours they approve. TimeTracking takes no screenshots. It does not log keystrokes or app usage. Pricing is simple: free for up to 5 users, then €1 per user per month on Core. No seat minimum, no add-ons. Start free today. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does TimeTracking round time to six-minute units? No. TimeTracking stores the real time in minutes. Your billing system rounds to billing units, under your own terms. ### Can TimeTracking create invoices or handle trust accounting? No. It logs and approves time, then exports it to your billing or practice system. It does not send invoices. It does not manage client or trust accounts. ### Can a partner review hours before they are billed? Yes. The partner checks submitted hours per matter and fee earner. They approve, or send single lines back with a comment. Hours lock after export. ### Can I add a description to each entry? Yes. Every entry has a note, visible during review and included in exports. ### Is there a desktop or browser timer? The web app and the mobile app have a timer today. A desktop tray app and a browser extension are on the roadmap. ### Where is our data stored? Customer data is stored in the EU, in Ireland. TimeTracking takes no screenshots and does no activity monitoring.