By default, LeanLaw rounds time entries to the nearest tenth of an hour. However, certain regions require compliance with timekeeping laws that round to the nearest quarter-hour (15 minutes). This guide provides a streamlined approach to updating your firm's settings to round time entries to 0.25-hour increments.
Key Features:
Easy Switching: Quickly configure your settings to align with quarter-hour rounding.
Accidental Changes? No Problem: Locate the toggle to revert to tenth-hour rounding if needed.
Enforced Rounding: Ensure all new time entries adhere strictly to your selected increment, maintaining consistency and compliance.
LeanLaw’s adaptive settings simplify compliance while enhancing your firm’s time-tracking accuracy.
Note: this is a firm setting. This means that if you change the setting, it will apply to all users in your LeanLaw firm.
1. Open your firm's settings
Open your firm's settings by clicking the cog wheel in the upper right corner of LeanLaw, or by clicking this link. The following picture indicates where the cog is located.
2. Click Firm Info
In your firm's settings, click the link labeled Firm Info, located on the left menu under the Firm Setup heading. This will bring you to your Firm Info settings.
3. Toggle the Default Time Entry Increment button
Near the bottom of Firm Info, you'll see Default Time Entry Increment. When 0.25 is selected, it will round up time entries in .1 hour increments (6 minutes). When 0.01 is selected it will round up time entries in .25 hour increments (15 minutes).
4. Enable or Disable Enforced Rounding
You can also choose to enable Enforced Rounding which will force users to round all new time entries using the increment you have chosen. Toggle No to disable or Yes to enable this setting.
5. Save Settings
Once you have your desired settings, the final step is to save your changes. If you leave the page without doing this, your Firm Info settings will return to whatever they were when you first opened the page! Save your settings by clicking the green Save Settings button, indicated below.
You now have a rounding setting saved which will apply to all new time entries. Whether you use the calendar's click-and-drag function or manually enter a time period, LeanLaw will round your time entries to the number you set in your Firm Info page.