LegalClaw is ERPClaw’s legal vertical for law-firm matter management, time billing, trust accounting, and operations. Its legal feature set lists 69 law-firm actions across trust accounting, billing, documents, and reporting. Billing supports retainer, contingency, hourly, and flat-fee arrangements, with billable time tracked by matter and attorney. Matter documents include version control and retention policies; reports cover realization, collection, and attorney productivity. The small-firm offering describes conflict checks against client and party history, plus court-date and statute-of-limitations tracking. Trust tools include individual client subledgers, three-way reconciliation, separation of trust funds, and an immutable ledger with a chain-hashed audit trail. Stripe can collect retainers and case payments. LegalClaw is self-hosted and supports SQLite or PostgreSQL; setup requires Python 3.10 or newer and git. Self-Hosted is free, billed $0 forever, and includes all modules, unlimited users and companies, and GitHub community support. Managed hosting is priced at onboarding by request.
Who it is for
LegalClaw is aimed at solo practitioners, small firms with 3–10 attorneys, and boutique litigation firms. It may suit firms prepared to self-host using SQLite or PostgreSQL.
What is good
- Billing supports retainer, contingency, hourly, and flat fees.
- Tracks billable hours by matter and attorney.
- Trust accounting includes three-way reconciliation.
- Matter documents include version control and retention policies.
- Self-Hosted includes unlimited users and companies.
What to know first
- Self-hosted installation requires Python 3.10 or newer and git.
- Managed hosting is priced by request at onboarding.
- Clio and PracticePanther have deeper court-rule calendars and broader e-filing connectors.
Verdict
LegalClaw brings matter work, billing, reporting, and trust accounting into a self-hosted legal vertical. Firms needing deeper court-rule calendars or broader e-filing connectors should note the stated limitation.
LegalClaw plans and pricing
All plansCompared on trust accounting software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Three-way reconciliation
- Yes
- Trust ledger types
- individual
- Bank reconciliation
- Yes
- Compliance reports
- Yes
