The Ultimate AI Modernization Strategy for On-Premise Legal Billing Systems

How MIRA and MIRALink Secure Connector Unlock AI-Powered Timekeeping Without Replacing Your Billing System

For years, law firms have faced an impossible dilemma.

They want the productivity benefits of AI-powered timekeeping, but they cannot justify replacing the mission-critical billing and financial systems that run their firms. Whether it's Juris, ProLaw, Tabs3, LMS (Legal Management System), Coyote Analytics, Aderant, Elite, or a custom-built platform, these systems are deeply embedded in billing, accounting, trust management, collections, reporting, and operational workflows.

Replacing them is expensive.

Migrating away from them is risky.

Training users on entirely new platforms is disruptive.

The good news is that modernization no longer requires replacement.

The real opportunity is not replacing your legal billing system. It's making it smarter.

That's exactly why Matteroom built MIRA and the MIRALink Secure Connector.

The Problem with Traditional Legal AI Solutions

Many AI vendors approach law firms with a familiar message:

"Move your data into our platform, and we'll deliver AI."

For most law firms, that approach immediately raises concerns:

• Sensitive client data cannot be moved freely.

• Private cloud and on-premise environments have strict security controls.

• Existing billing systems have years of historical data and custom workflows.

• Large-scale migrations introduce substantial business risk.

• Integration projects can take months before users see any value.

As a result, many firms find themselves trapped between aging systems and costly modernization initiatives.

MIRA Takes a Different Approach

MIRA was built around a simple principle:

Law firms should not have to replace their billing system to benefit from AI.

Instead of forcing firms to migrate to a new platform, MIRA enhances the systems they already trust.

Whether your environment is:

• On-premise

• Private cloud

• Hybrid cloud

• Hosted by a managed service provider

• Running in Azure, AWS, or a private datacenter

MIRALink securely connects MIRA to your existing ecosystem, allowing firms to modernize timekeeping without changing their core financial infrastructure.

Introducing MIRALink Secure Connector

MIRALink Secure Connector is the secure bridge between legacy legal systems and modern AI.

Purpose-built for law firms, MIRALink enables organizations to connect on-premise and private cloud environments directly to MIRA while maintaining complete control over their data.

Unlike traditional integration projects that require months of planning, architecture reviews, and consulting engagements, MIRALink was designed to be plug-and-play.

What Makes MIRALink Different?

✅ No database migration

✅ No billing system replacement

✅ No inbound firewall ports

✅ No complex VPN deployment

✅ No lengthy implementation projects

✅ No disruption to attorney workflows

✅ Rapid deployment and fast time-to-value

MIRALink allows firms to unlock the power of AI while preserving their existing investments and security policies.

Support for the Systems Law Firms Already Trust

MIRA was engineered specifically for legal operations and financial systems.

Supported environments include:

Legal Billing & Financial Platforms

• Juris

• ProLaw

• Tabs3

• LMS (Legal Management System)

• Coyote Analytics

• Elite

• Aderant

• PCLaw

• Orion

• Custom SQL-based legal billing systems

Legal Content & Collaboration Platforms

• iManage

• NetDocuments

• Microsoft 365

• Exchange Online

• SharePoint Online

• Microsoft Teams

• Outlook

Deployment Models

• On-premise

• Private cloud

• Hybrid cloud

• Hosted legal environments

This enables law firms to modernize timekeeping without disrupting accounting, billing, matter management, or finance operations.

Microsoft-Native by Design

Most law firms already rely on Microsoft as the foundation of their technology ecosystem.

Lawyers spend their day in:

• Outlook

• Microsoft Teams

• Word

• SharePoint

• OneDrive

IT departments rely on:

• Microsoft 365

• Entra ID

• Azure

• Microsoft Defender

• Microsoft Compliance Center

Rather than introducing another standalone application, MIRA was designed as a true Microsoft-native solution.

Native Microsoft Teams App Available in Teams and Outlook

MIRA is delivered as a native Microsoft Teams application that is automatically available across both Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook through Microsoft's unified app framework.

Attorneys can access MIRA directly from the applications they already use every day, whether responding to client emails, collaborating with colleagues, attending meetings, or reviewing their daily workload.

From within Teams or Outlook, lawyers can:

• Review AI-generated time suggestions

• Capture billable activities from emails and meetings

• Generate client-ready billing narratives

• Receive reminders for missing time

• Submit time directly into their firm's billing system

• Access daily and weekly productivity insights

Because MIRA operates within the Microsoft applications attorneys already use, there is no need to learn another system or switch between multiple tools throughout the day.

The result is higher adoption, faster realization of value, and a seamless user experience that fits naturally into a lawyer's existing workflow.

Powered by the Microsoft AI Ecosystem

MIRA extends the Microsoft platform by leveraging:

• Microsoft 365

• Outlook

• Teams

• Exchange Online

• SharePoint Online

• Microsoft Graph

• Entra ID

• Azure OpenAI

• Azure AI Services

This architecture enables firms to take advantage of their existing Microsoft investments while maintaining enterprise-grade security and governance.

Firms continue to leverage their existing:

• Single Sign-On (SSO)

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

• Conditional Access Policies

• Identity Governance

• Compliance Controls

• Security Monitoring

No separate user directory.

No duplicate authentication infrastructure.

No disconnected user experience.

Simply a secure, seamless extension of the Microsoft environment already trusted by the firm.

AI That Captures Work as Lawyers Perform It

Timekeeping remains one of the largest sources of lost revenue across the legal industry.

Attorneys routinely move between:

• Emails

• Meetings

• Phone calls

• Documents

• Research

• Client communications

At the end of the day, valuable work is often forgotten.

The result is:

• Lost billable time

• Delayed time entry

• Incomplete narratives

• Lower realization rates

MIRA changes that.

By analyzing approved professional activities across the Microsoft ecosystem and connected legal systems, MIRA helps attorneys reconstruct their day and generate high-quality time entries automatically.

Intelligent Time Capture

MIRA continuously identifies potential billable activities and transforms them into intelligent time suggestions.

Rather than forcing attorneys to remember every email, meeting, or document interaction, MIRA provides contextual recommendations that can be reviewed, edited, and posted directly into the firm's existing billing platform.

Benefits include:

• More billable time captured

• Improved accuracy

• Reduced administrative burden

• Faster time entry completion

• Better attorney compliance

  
  

Better Narratives. Better Realization.

Today's clients increasingly enforce detailed Outside Counsel Guidelines and invoice review processes.

Many invoice reductions occur because billing narratives fail to properly describe the value of the work performed.

MIRA helps attorneys generate:

• Client-ready narratives

• Detailed work descriptions

• Consistent billing language

• UTBMS-aware entries

• More defensible invoices

The result is fewer write-downs, fewer billing disputes, and improved realization rates.

Security Built for the Legal Industry

Security is not an afterthought. It is a foundational design principle.

MIRALink Secure Connector was built specifically for firms handling highly sensitive client, financial, and matter information.

Security Principles

Data Remains Under Your Control

Your firm maintains ownership and control over its data.

Secure Communications

All communications are encrypted and protected using enterprise-grade security standards.

Customer-Managed Governance

Firms determine which users, systems, and data sources participate.

Least-Privilege Access

Only the information required to power approved AI workflows is accessed.

Private Cloud Compatible

Designed for firms with strict compliance, governance, and cybersecurity requirements.

MIRA enhances existing security strategies instead of forcing firms to make compromises.

The Best ROI in Legal Timekeeping AI

Most legal technology projects promise efficiency.

MIRA delivers measurable business outcomes.

Increased Revenue Capture

More billable activities identified.

More work recorded.

Less revenue left behind.

Improved Realization

Higher-quality narratives.

Better compliance with client billing guidelines.

Fewer invoice reductions.

Greater Lawyer Productivity

Less administrative effort.

Less end-of-day reconstruction.

More focus on serving clients.

Faster Time-to-Value

No migration projects.

No system replacement.

No lengthy deployments.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Leverage existing technology investments while adding modern AI capabilities.

For many firms, MIRA represents one of the fastest-return technology investments available within legal operations.

The Future Is Connected, Not Replaced

Law firms have invested millions of dollars in platforms such as Juris, ProLaw, Tabs3, LMS, Coyote Analytics, Elite, and Aderant.

Those systems are not the problem.

The challenge is unlocking the intelligence trapped inside them.

The future of legal technology is not about replacing every system that came before.

It's about connecting proven legal systems with modern AI capabilities.

With MIRA and the MIRALink Secure Connector, law firms can transform attorney productivity, improve realization, capture more revenue, and modernize legal operations without replacing the infrastructure that already works.

No Migration. No Disruption. Just Smarter Timekeeping.

MIRA + MIRALink Secure Connector is the only Microsoft-native, plug-and-play AI timekeeping platform built specifically for on-premise and private-cloud law firms, delivering exceptional ROI without replacing Juris, ProLaw, Tabs3, LMS, Coyote, Aderant, Elite, or other legacy legal billing systems.