A lawyer's workday rarely happens in one application. Client work may begin with an email, continue in a document, move to legal research in a browser, and finish with a meeting or follow up message.
When timekeeping sits outside that workflow, lawyers have to reconstruct activity from several systems.
Why Fragmentation Makes Timekeeping Hard
A single matter can create activity across:
Email
Calendar events
Documents and local files
Document management systems
Browser based legal research
Microsoft Teams
Billing or finance systems
The problem becomes more difficult when the lawyer handles several matters in the same day. Traditional timers can track elapsed time, but they may not preserve enough context about what the lawyer was doing and where the work belonged.
What Unified Time Capture Should Do
A useful time capture layer should bring relevant work signals together without forcing lawyers to work in another disconnected application.
MIRA can capture activity from sources including Outlook Calendar, OneDrive, iManage Work, Chrome, and other supported systems. Captured time can then be reviewed in Microsoft Teams and Outlook.
This gives the lawyer a consolidated view of activity that can be refined into time entries.
Connecting Capture to Billing
Capturing activity is only one part of the workflow. Firms also need a practical path from captured work to a reviewed billing entry.
That process should allow lawyers to edit descriptions, confirm matters, review duration, and apply appropriate task or activity codes before release. MIRA supports integration with billing and finance systems including Aderant and Elite, with additional integrations available.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is passive legal time capture?
Passive time capture uses work activity signals to help reconstruct how time was spent without requiring the lawyer to start and stop a timer for every task.
Can legal time tracking work across multiple applications?
Yes. A time capture system can use signals from connected systems such as calendars, documents, browsers, and legal work platforms to create a more complete activity record.
Does MIRA work inside Microsoft Teams?
Yes. Lawyers can review captured time and manage entries inside Microsoft Teams. MIRA also supports review workflows in Outlook.
Can captured time be sent to an existing billing system?
MIRA supports integrations with leading finance systems such as Aderant and Elite, and additional integrations can be supported.
