South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog

We use Defender Data for case management in our office, and it is nearly perfect for a criminal defense practice. It does everything that I need, except for time-keeping. Because it was designed for use in public defender offices (and I think they have now expanded to prosecutors as well), it does not have a time-keeping function.

I've been looking around for simple web-based time keeping software to supplement defender data, and haven't really seen anything that looks like it would work. Although I usually charge flat fees and not hourly rates, I keep track of time in every case for internal purposes. I don't need billing software, or anything other than a simple means to record time and attribute it to the file I am working on. If anyone reading has any cost-effective suggestions I'd love to hear them.

Update:

Defender Data does have a time-keeping function, I just haven't updated the software in a few years. Consider this a glowing endorsement of Defender Data's case management software, which is now perfect (as opposed to "nearly perfect") for the office that focuses on criminal defense.