Time Matters is a law practice management software solution from LexisNexis. It is a sibling product to PCLaw and LEAP Legal Software. As one of the stalwarts of the practice management solutions, many attorneys are familiar with it and have worked with it for years. However, it is legacy software. Parties interested in purchasing the software for the first time would likely do better to look at their sibling software, LEAP Legal Software.
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Featured RatingFor Law Practice Management Software, the following are essential features, and you should therefore expect to see a check in every box in this section.
Matter management is the defining feature of law practice management software, of course. However, some software is targeted at specific practice areas and may implement case management in different ways in order to manage information specific to those practice areas.
Managing clients and other contacts is a core feature of law practice management software.
Basic task management includes creating tasks with due dates that can be associated with cases/matters and assigned to different lawyers. Some products stick to pretty basic task management, while others offer enough features to make any Getting Things Done devotee happy.
As with email, this feature means a full calendar client, not just an integration with Outlook or Google Calendar.
Timekeeping is a core feature of practice management software, essential for lawyers who bill by the hour but useful even for those who don't.
An actual conflict checker is more than just a search box. This applies to software that actually has a conflict checking feature. Implementation varies, but at a minimum you should be able to search the entire database for matching names. It should check for conflicts accurately and intuitively, allow for a lateral hire to input their conflict database into the system, work quickly when new clients call, and comply with the rules of professional conduct for checking conflicts.
Does it include a full email client? (Alternative solutions that don't amount to an email client, like plugins for Outlook or Gmail, do not earn a check for this feature. See software integrations, below.)
Can you send and receive text messages and associate them with your matters?
Basic document management allows you to add documents and associate them with your cases/matters.
Loading your firm’s document templates into your law practice management software can save time and ensure consistency. This check means basic document assembly suitable for form letters, invoices, etc. For advanced document assembly, you’ll probably need additional software.
This means basic checkbook register–style bookkeeping, which is more limited than full accounting. You should be able to keep track of your operating accounts and reconcile your balances, but you may still need full accounting software.
This means you can track your client trust accounts, including expenses and payments. It is normal to see trust accounting without basic bookkeeping or full accounting, in which case you will need something else for accounting.
Some software includes full double-entry accounting features, making additional accounting software unnecessary.
Does the software allow you to send bills or invoices?
Payment processing is increasingly offered either as an included or add-on feature, especially with cloud-based law practice management software.
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As of this review, you can run Time Matters on a PC, or any other computer running the Windows operating system. They have a mobile app that will run on iOS and Android, but, like many other LPMS mobile apps, it does not have full functionality.
What is the price of Time Matters?Time Matters is a custom priced solution. If you’re interested, you should reach out to their team.
Is Time Matters secure?As an on-premises solution, Time Matters will be as secure as your IT team makes it.
Does Time Matters integrate with Microsoft 365?As of this review, Time Matters integrates only with Outlook. However, their sibling software, LEAP, integrates with Microsoft 365 more broadly.
Does Time Matters integrate with Google Workspace?No. The Time Matters software does not integrate with Google Workspaces.
Can Time Matters handle my Trust Accounting?Time Matters can likely handle your trust accounting. This is one of the reasons users would purchase it in the first place.
Can I accept online payments with Time Matters?As of this review, Time Matters software does not have a native ePayments solution. However, most users would be able to use payment links through third party software like LawPay.
Does Time Matters integrate with Zapier?No. The software does not have a direct integration with Zapier.
Can I automate documents with Time Matters?Yes. One of the benefits of Time Matters software is that it includes mail-merge style document automation.
Is Time Matters compatible with both PC and Mac?Time Matters software is really only compatible with PC computers running the Windows operating system. Although Mac users could manage to run the software, they would need to jump through some extra hoops, such as virtualization software.
Time Matters is a Windows-based legal practice management software originally made by LexisNexis. Users can manage clients and cases, keep track of calendar appointments, and assign tasks. Additionally, users can keep track of emails, documents, research, billing, and matters or projects all from this desktop software. For an additional cost, one can integrate Time Matters with Billing Matters, an add-on software option for firms looking to handle billing with this legal software. With this, users can search for more billable hours and work through malpractice issues.
In our view, Time Matters is for firms who are already using the software. Many support service providers are migrating users to other, more up-to-date, usually web-centric, software like LEAP, Smokeball, or Rocket Matter. Although their team is working to make the software more friendly to the modern lawyer, this appears to merely be a salve, not a solution.
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