The Time Tracker for Law Firms
Legal work lives and dies by the timesheet. TRCR makes time tracking invisible so your attorneys can focus on the work — and bill for all of it.
Why law firms choose TRCR for time tracking
In legal work, the timesheet is the bill. TRCR is a time tracker for law firms that captures every billable minute: a one-click timer you can round to standard 0.1-hour increments, time organized by matter, and an immutable audit trail of who logged and edited what.
Invoices build straight from tracked hours, and role-based permissions keep matters confidential. See how TRCR compares with other time trackers, learn where firms quietly lose money to billable-hour leakage, and note that TRCR is free for every firm until the end of 2026 — no credit card, no seat minimum.
Matter-Based Time Tracking
Organize every client engagement as a project in TRCR. Each matter gets its own space with tasks, time entries, documents, and communication — separated from other clients and protected by permissions. Associates start a timer when they begin working on a matter and stop it when they're done. Every entry is linked to the right matter automatically.
Audit Trail for Everything
The Activity Log records every action — who changed a task status, who edited a time entry, who accessed which matter. Filter by entity, see exact before-and-after values, and maintain the compliance trail your firm requires. It updates in real time, so managing partners always have current information.
Granular Access Control
Not every associate should see every matter. Board-level permissions let you assign contributor or viewer roles per space. The client role gives your clients visibility into case progress — without exposing internal strategy notes, billing rates, or other matters.
From Timesheets to Invoices
Select a matter, pick a date range, and generate an invoice pre-filled with every time entry, description, rate, and total. Review, adjust if needed, and send. No more reconstructing bills from memory or copying data between systems.
Recurring Tasks for Legal Deadlines
Filing deadlines, compliance reviews, court appearances — legal work is full of recurring obligations. Set tasks to repeat on any schedule and they appear automatically. A background process catches overdue tasks so nothing slips through the cracks, even when attorneys are in trial.
Secure and Real-Time
TRCR syncs across all devices instantly via encrypted WebSocket connections. Start a timer at the courthouse on your phone, see it on your laptop when you're back at the office. All data transmission is encrypted, and permissions are enforced server-side on every request.
Common Legal Workflows
Track time across discovery, depositions, motions, and trial prep. Each phase becomes a task group with its own workflow.
Manage ongoing retainers with hour caps. Alert when a client is approaching their monthly limit.
Set recurring tasks for filing deadlines. The audit trail proves when work was completed and by whom.
Multiple attorneys track time against the same matter. Each has their own billing rate. Reports break down hours by person.
Bill accurately. Bill completely.
Free until 2026 — every feature, no credit card, no auto-charge. Set up your first matter in under two minutes.
Try TRCR Free →Law firms — frequently asked questions
Is TRCR a good time tracker for law firms?
Yes. TRCR captures time to the second with a one-click timer you can round to standard 0.1-hour increments, organizes hours by matter, and keeps an immutable audit trail for compliance. Invoices build straight from tracked time, and it's free for every firm until December 31, 2026 with no credit card and no seat minimum.
Does TRCR support six-minute (0.1-hour) billing increments for legal work?
TRCR captures time down to the second with a one-click timer, so you can record exactly what an attorney worked and round to your firm's standard 0.1-hour increments when you bill. Time entries carry descriptions, hourly rates, and the matter they belong to, giving you a precise basis for every billable line. Because tracking is so granular, you bill for the work you actually did rather than reconstructing it from memory.
How does matter-based time tracking work in TRCR?
Each client matter is a project in TRCR with its own budget, hourly rates, tasks, and time entries kept separate from every other matter. Associates start the timer when they begin work on a matter and stop it when they're done, and the entry is linked to that matter automatically. Kanban task boards with dependencies and custom workflows let you model litigation phases or retainer work the way your firm actually operates.
Can I generate client invoices directly from tracked hours?
Yes. TRCR builds invoices from your tracked time entries, pre-filling each description, rate, and total so you can review, adjust, and send without copying data between systems. Invoicing supports multiple currencies, tax, PDF output, and recording payments against the invoice. The seven built-in reports — including profitability and utilization — show how each matter and attorney is performing.
What audit trail and access controls does TRCR provide for confidentiality?
TRCR keeps an immutable audit log with IP tracking that records who changed a task, edited a time entry, or accessed which matter, with before-and-after values you can filter by entity. Role-based permissions let you grant contributor, viewer, or client access per space, so associates and clients only see the matters they should — never internal strategy notes or other clients' billing. Everything syncs in real time over WebSocket, and the Rust backend enforces permissions server-side on every request.