Legal Timekeeping Software for Lawyers
Choosing legal timekeeping software comes down to five questions: how time gets captured, how entries get reviewed, which billing systems it connects to, how client data is protected, and what it costs per user. MIRA answers each one with passive capture across Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, lawyer-controlled review, integrations with leading legal billing systems, Microsoft Azure hosting, no screen or keystroke capture, and pricing from $39 per user per month when billed annually.
Capture time with less manual effort
iManage, Outlook, OneDrive, Chrome
Release time entries to finance and billing systems
Review inside Microsoft Teams
AI-assisted task codes
The Problem
Why legal timekeeping is still broken
Most lawyers do not lose billable time because they do not work enough. They lose it because the work is hard to capture after the fact.
A short client call, a document review, an email follow up, a calendar meeting, or a quick research task can easily disappear from the timesheet. When lawyers wait until the end of the day — or worse, the end of the week — time entries become less accurate and billable work becomes harder to justify.
That creates problems across the firm.
Missed billable time reduces revenue
Up to 16% of billable hours lost to incomplete capture
Incomplete entries slow billing review
Finance teams spend hours chasing incomplete time records
Vague descriptions create client questions
Unclear narratives lead to write-offs and billing disputes
Manual time entry consumes lawyer attention
Up to 5 hours per month lost to timesheet reconstruction
Disconnected systems make adoption harder
Lawyers resist tools that add friction to complex workflows
The Solution
MIRA is legal timekeeping software built for the way lawyers work
AI-powered legal timekeeping designed to help lawyers capture, review, and prepare time entries with less friction — across common legal workflows and the tools they already use.
Lawyers don't need to recreate details from memory
Finance teams get cleaner time entries earlier
Partners get better visibility into work in progress
Clients receive more accurate billing details
Time Capture
Capture billable time without relying on memory
Traditional legal timekeeping often depends on lawyers remembering what they did, how long it took, which matter it belonged to, and how the work should be described. That process is fragile.
MIRA helps reduce that burden by capturing work activity as it happens. Lawyers can then review captured time and decide what should be saved, merged, edited, or released.
This keeps the lawyer in control while reducing the manual work behind time entry.
Better time capture
MIRA helps identify work that may otherwise be missed — a quick email, a brief document review, a 10-minute client call, a research task in the browser.
Better time descriptions
AI assisted billable entry helps suggest task or activity codes and draft clearer descriptions that meet client billing guidelines and reduce rejection rates.
Better billing review
Cleaner entries reduce back and forth between lawyers, assistants, finance teams, and billing reviewers — streamlining the path from work to invoice.
Microsoft Teams Native
Designed to work inside Microsoft Teams
MIRA brings time review into Microsoft Teams, so lawyers can work in a familiar environment instead of reconstructing the day in another application.
Review captured activity beside existing collaboration workflows
Edit descriptions and matter details without unnecessary platform switching
Keep the lawyer responsible for what becomes an approved entry
The Teams-based review step turns captured signals into deliberate time entries rather than automatic submissions.
Merge related work and separate unrelated activity
Remove irrelevant signals before they move forward
Save or release only entries that are accurate and ready for billing
Billing Accuracy
Built for legal workflows and billing accuracy
Legal timekeeping requires more than elapsed time. Each entry must connect the work to the correct client and matter, explain its purpose, and follow the firm's and client's billing requirements.
MIRA helps prepare matter-based descriptions and can suggest relevant task or activity codes for lawyer review.
Billing accuracy improves when lawyers review entries while the work context is still fresh. They can correct duration, wording, matter selection, and coding before approved time moves toward a connected finance system.
This supports cleaner prebills without positioning MIRA as a replacement for the firm's billing platform.
Integrations
Integrates with the systems law firms already use
MIRA integrates with iManage Work for document activity, Microsoft Outlook Calendar for scheduled activities, Microsoft OneDrive and Chrome for work signals, and leading finance systems such as Aderant and Elite. Custom finance integrations are also available.
Law firms rarely operate from one system. Timekeeping has to connect with document work, calendar activity, billing review, and finance release. MIRA helps bridge those systems so time capture becomes more complete and less dependent on manual entry.
iManage Documents | Outlook Calendar |
Aderant Finance | OneDrive Files |
Elite 3E Finance | Custom Any System |
Fit Assessment
Who should use MIRA legal timekeeping software?
MIRA is a strong fit for law firms and professional services teams that bill by time and want to reduce revenue leakage from missed or incomplete entries. It is especially relevant when your firm has these problems.
Lawyers frequently enter time late
Billable work is missed during busy days
Time descriptions are too vague
Billing review takes too long
The firm uses iManage, Microsoft 365, or Teams
Finance teams need better time entry quality
Leadership wants better WIP visibility
Differentiation
What makes MIRA different from generic time tracking software?
GENERIC TIME TRACKING | MIRA LEGAL TIMEKEEPING |
❌ Focuses on timers, attendance, or productivity tracking ❌ No matter-based classification or billing code support ❌ No integration with legal finance systems ❌ Creates privacy concerns and adoption resistance ❌ Forces lawyers into a separate, unfamiliar platform | 👍 Passive time capture — no timers, no active input 👍 Matter-based entries with AI-assisted task codes 👍 Integrates with Aderant, Elite, and custom finance systems 👍 Lawyer-controlled review within Microsoft Teams 👍 No extra platform — works inside tools lawyers already use |
How It Works
From captured activity to cleaner time entries
MIRA captures activity from connected work systems Document work in iManage, calendar events in Outlook, file activity in OneDrive, and browser research in Chrome are all captured automatically.
The lawyer reviews captured time inside Microsoft Teams A clean review experience surfaces all captured activity without lawyers needing to switch into a separate system or platform.
The lawyer saves, merges, edits, or releases entries Full control stays with the lawyer — entries can be combined, adjusted, or approved before they move toward billing.
AI assisted entry suggests task codes and descriptions MIRA drafts clearer billable descriptions and suggests appropriate task or activity codes — making entries easier to review and approve. See how AI time tracking for lawyers works.
Approved entries move toward the finance system Released entries flow to the connected billing or finance system. This workflow helps law firms reduce missed time while keeping human review in place. Learn about automated time tracking for lawyers.
Business Impact
Legal timekeeping software that supports revenue, productivity, and trust
Better timekeeping improves more than internal administration.
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Capture more revenue
Helps firm owners capture more revenue from work already performed but not yet recorded.
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Reduce lawyer burden
Helps lawyers reduce the burden of manual timesheet reconstruction at the end of the day.
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Faster invoicing
Helps finance teams prepare invoices with fewer gaps and less back-and-forth with timekeepers.
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Clearer client billing
Helps clients receive clearer, more transparent billing details that are easier to understand and approve.
MIRA helps law firms improve timekeeping at the source — before billing problems appear. Also explore legal time and billing software and billable time tracking.
Related resources: Use the legal timekeeping software checklist, compare how to choose legal timekeeping software, and review legal timekeeping best practices.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What should a law firm look for in timekeeping software?
Compare capture methods, the daily review workflow, billing-system integrations, security and privacy controls, and total cost per user. Use our legal timekeeping software checklist for a structured evaluation.
What does MIRA cost?
MIRA starts at $39 per user per month when billed annually. See the current plans on the MIRA pricing page.
Which billing systems does MIRA integrate with?
MIRA supports leading legal billing systems including Elite, Aderant, MATTEROOM, Juris, Clio, MyCase, Centerbase, LeanLaw, SurePoint, and Tabs3. MIRAlink also supports private and on-premises connectivity.
