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LegalClaw
What it is
LegalClaw is free legal practice management software for ERPClaw, licensed under GNU GPL v3. It covers matter management, time and billing, IOLTA trust accounting, documents, court calendars, conflicts, and bar or CLE compliance across 100 actions in seven domains. Matter tools handle client intake, lifecycle tracking, parties, summaries, and portfolios. Billing supports six-minute time entries, expenses, invoices, payments, and accounts-receivable aging. Trust features cover IOLTA and escrow accounts, deposits, disbursements, transfers, reconciliation, and interest distribution, with a balance-sufficiency check before each disbursement. Document tools provide versioning, court filing, archival, and full-text search. Calendars track court dates, statutes of limitations, reminders, and critical deadlines. Conflict and compliance tools include name searches, waivers, reports, bar admissions, CLE tracking, and compliance reports. Invoice generation connects with ERPClaw.
For and against
For
- Free and licensed under GNU GPL v3
- Matter intake, lifecycle, and portfolio tracking
- Six-minute time entries and billing records
- Trust disbursement balance checks
- Court deadlines and compliance reporting
Against
- Requires ERPClaw core
- Installation uses the ERPClaw module command
- Self-hosted platform requirement
The verdict
LegalClaw brings practice-management functions into ERPClaw, including financial safeguards and deadline tracking. Its dependency on ERPClaw is the main setup consideration.
Who it suits
LegalClaw suits law practices needing self-hosted matter, billing, trust, document, calendar, and compliance functions. It runs on Linux or macOS and requires ERPClaw core.
On the record
- Conflicts and compliance
- The project lists name-based conflict search, waiver management, conflict reports, bar admissions, CLE tracking, and compliance reports.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Data precision
- The LegalClaw skill description says its financial calculations use Decimal precision.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Deadlines
- Calendar features include court dates, statutes of limitations, reminders, and critical deadline tracking.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Documents
- Document features include legal document management, versioning, court filing, archival, and full-text search.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Documents and deadlines
- Document features include versioning, court filing, archival, and full-text search; calendar features include court dates, statute-of-limitations tracking, reminders, and critical deadlines.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- ERPClaw integration
- LegalClaw requires ERPClaw core, and invoice generation creates sales invoices through ERPClaw cross-skill integration.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Features
- Its listed features include client intake and matter tracking, time and expense entries, invoice generation, payment recording, and accounts receivable aging.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Getting started
- The maker says the bot installs LegalClaw and guides setup when prompted that you are starting a law firm.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Installation
- LegalClaw requires ERPClaw core and installs with the command `install-module legalclaw`.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Invoice generation creates sales invoices through ERPClaw cross-skill integration.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository states that LegalClaw is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Maker
- The repository credits AvanSaber / Nikhil Jathar; it does not state a headquarters or founding date.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Matters
- Matter features include client intake, matter lifecycle, party tracking, matter summaries, and client portfolios.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The repository states that LegalClaw is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- LegalClaw is legal practice management for ERPClaw, covering matter management, time and billing, IOLTA trust accounting, document management, court calendars, conflict checking, and bar/CLE compliance.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Scale
- The project describes 100 actions across 7 domains.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Supported operating systems
- LegalClaw's skill metadata lists Darwin and Linux as operating systems.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Time and billing
- Time and billing includes time entries in 6-minute increments, expenses, invoice generation, payment recording, and accounts-receivable aging.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
