Time recording that doesn't rely on anyone's memory.
The most expensive work a firm does is the work nobody wrote down. ClearMatter records the activity your fee earners perform across matters and turns it into suggested time entries they confirm in one short daily review — instead of reconstructing a week on a Friday afternoon.
- Suggestions carry a confidence score, so attention goes where it is needed
- Rounded to the nearest six minutes, marked billable or not
- Nothing is billed until a fee earner accepts it
- Accepted time posts straight to work in progress
Bill more of the work you already do.
The work that never gets recorded is the most expensive work your firm does. ClearMatter watches activity across matters, groups it into work sessions, and hands each fee earner a short list of suggested entries to confirm.
Five minutes at the end of the day instead of an hour of reconstruction on Friday — and the time lands in work in progress against the right matter, ready to invoice.
- Suggested time entries with a confidence score against each one
- Rounded to the nearest six minutes and marked billable or not
- Accept, edit or dismiss in a single daily review screen
- Confirmed time posts straight to the matter's work in progress
- Generate invoices from work in progress — one matter or in bulk
- Rate cards, activity codes and time targets set by the firm
How automatic time capture works
Four steps, none of which require a fee earner to remember anything.
Activity is recorded as it happens
Work performed against matters is captured as it occurs, with the matter and client it relates to, rather than depending on someone starting a timer.
Activity becomes work sessions
Related activity is grouped into sessions. Anything under three minutes is ignored, so the day is not cluttered with noise.
Sessions become suggestions
Each session becomes a suggested entry — duration rounded to the nearest six minutes, a description, a billable status and a confidence score.
You confirm, and it becomes fees
Accept, edit or dismiss each suggestion in one screen. Accepted entries post to the matter’s work in progress, ready to invoice.
Time recording questions
What firms ask before they trust time capture to a system.
- How is this different from a timer or a stopwatch?
- A timer only records the work someone remembers to start it for. ClearMatter works the other way around: it records the activity a fee earner performs across matters, groups it into work sessions, and presents the result as suggested entries to confirm. Nothing depends on remembering to press a button.
- How accurate are the suggestions?
- Each suggestion carries a confidence score, so a fee earner can see at a glance which entries need attention. Sessions shorter than three minutes are ignored, durations are rounded to the nearest six minutes, and every suggestion can be edited or dismissed before it counts.
- Does time go straight onto the bill?
- No. Nothing is billed automatically. A suggestion becomes a time entry only when a fee earner accepts it. Accepted time posts to the matter’s work in progress, where it can be reviewed, written off or invoiced.
- Can we still record time manually?
- Yes. Manual entry, rate cards, activity codes and time targets are all part of the system. Automatic capture removes the work of reconstruction; it does not remove control.
- How does captured time become an invoice?
- Accepted time sits in work in progress against the matter. From there you can generate an invoice for a single matter or run bulk billing across many, with credit notes and write-offs handled in the same place.
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AML & compliance
Screening, verification and source of funds recorded as you onboard.
Client portal
Quote, onboard, verify and get paid in one guided journey.
Outlook & Word
File email and draft documents without leaving Outlook or Word.
Matters & workflow
Design how your firm runs a matter type, then run every matter that way.
See a day's time captured
The interactive demo walks through a day of work turning into confirmed time entries and a bill. It takes about two minutes.