Activity Settings in Lawcus allow firms to customize how activities are created, tracked, and managed throughout the system. These settings help ensure that time entries, expenses, and billing-related activities align with your firm's workflow and operational requirements.
Access Activity Settings
To access Activity Settings:
Go to Settings.
Select Activity Settings.
Configure Time Rounding
The Time Rounding feature automatically adjusts tracked work hours based on your firm's selected billing interval. This helps maintain consistency in billing and simplifies payroll and invoicing calculations.
Available rounding options include:
Per-minute rounding
3-minute rounding
5-minute rounding
6-minute rounding
The selected rounding rule applies to both manually tracked and imported timesheet entries.
For detailed instructions, see How to Set Up Time Rounding in Lawcus.
Configure Form Settings
Form Settings provide additional control over how activities are recorded within Lawcus.
1. Require Matter for Time Entries, Flat Fees, and Expenses
This option allows you to make a Matter mandatory when creating:
Time Entries
Flat Fees
Expenses
When enabled, users must associate a Matter before saving the activity. If disabled, activities can be created without linking them to a Matter.
2. Require Description for Time Entries, Flat Fees, and Expenses
This setting allows you to require a description when creating:
Time Entries
Flat Fees
Expenses
Enabling this option helps ensure that sufficient details are provided for billing, reporting, and record-keeping purposes.
3. Soft Costs and Hard Costs for Expenses
Lawcus allows expenses to be categorized as either Soft Costs or Hard Costs.
Soft Costs typically represent indirect expenses incurred on behalf of a client, such as copies, postage, or administrative charges.
Hard Costs represent direct expenses paid to third parties, such as court filing fees, expert witness fees, or medical record charges.
This classification helps firms accurately track expenses and manage client disbursements during the billing process.
