Now lawyer's time ticks with IT

PALO ALTO, CALIFIRNIA, US:  Well, a Time Builder Software would be seen creating an automatic “Daily Diary” of Lawyer activity to help ensure that all billable work is recorded. At least at the UK law firm Clarke Willmott LLP.

IntApp, Inc., a provider of time capture, risk management and integration software for the legal industry, had announced that Clarke Willmott LLP, a UK-based law firm with 300 fee earners, has selected IntApp Time Builder to increase lawyer time entry effectiveness, boost firm revenue and improve client billing practices.

“The firm’s board chartered a strategic effort to revise internal time recording policies and procedures in order to enhance firm financial performance and improve client billing practices,” said Greg Lovett, Partner, Clarke Willmott LLP. “Time Builder enables us to achieve our objectives and realize significant business benefits, without creating additional burdens for fee earners.”

Time Builder is software that enables law firms to increase revenue by capturing billable time that is missed or under-billed, a press release adds. It does this by providing lawyers with an accurate, consolidated journal of client/matter-related activity, generated by automatically monitoring the key applications they use throughout the day. Tracked systems include document creation, email, calendar, phone, and mobile devices.

Lawyer activity journals are cross-referenced against client matter information and provided in a “daily timesheet” format available as an automated email or paper printout. Journals are also accessible by lawyers, or their secretaries, through a web-based interface which allows activities to be grouped, detailed and submitted to common time entry applications, including those provided by vendors such as Thomson Elite, ADERANT, Advanced Productivity Software, PensEra Knowledge Technologies and Sage Software.

This approach allows lawyers to more easily record and enter time, often finding lost or overlooked work. Additionally, by simplifying time tracking, Time Builder increases lawyer satisfaction while accelerating internal pre-bill review and external client collections.