Features

Legal accounting, without unnecessary complexity.

Brief Accounting is organized around the work law firms actually do: capture time, bill clients, manage receivables, handle trust funds and keep the books current.

Time & Billing

Move from time entry to invoice without fighting the software. Brief Billing supports individual or batch workflows, flexible invoice formats and consolidated billing.

Fast slip entry
Prebills and final invoices
Batch editing
Consolidated client billing
Split billing
LEDES / task-based billing

Accounts Receivable

Track what is outstanding, apply payments and review client billing history without moving between separate systems.

Single or batch receipts
Payments across matters
Aged A/R reporting
Client ledgers and statements
Flat-fee invoice workflows
Integrated accounting entries

Trust Accounting

Maintain a clear audit trail for client trust funds and the reports needed to keep the account reconciled and reviewable.

Trust receipts and cheques
Apply trust to invoices
Multiple banks and accounts
Bank reconciliation
Trust journal and liability reports
Client trust history

Office Accounting

Handle day-to-day bookkeeping in the same environment as billing and trust, reducing duplicate entry and keeping financial records current.

General office cheques
Accounts payable
Vendor invoices
General ledger
Chart of accounts
Adjusting journal entries

Reporting

Give lawyers, administrators and accountants the information they need without turning reporting into a separate project.

Timekeeper reports
Work in progress
Payment allocation
GL detail and trial balance
Balance sheet and income statement
Export reports to Excel

Flexible by design

Use the modules your firm needs.

Billing, Trust and Office Accounting are tightly integrated, but can also be purchased according to your firm’s requirements.

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