Laurel is an AI-driven timekeeping and work intelligence platform that automates timesheet creation and management for legal and professional services firms. Designed to replace manual time entry, the platform passively captures digital work activity and uses firm-specific large language models to generate structured, compliant time entries and billing narratives.
Key features and functions include:
Automated Work Capture Laurel's desktop and cloud assistants continuously track billable and non-billable activity across email, documents, web browsers, video conferencing, and other applications. Timekeepers configure which applications and URLs are included, and remain the sole users with access to their captured work history.
AI-Generated Time Entries and Narrative Writing The platform groups related work activities into coherent time entries using an AI clustering model trained on the firm's own data. A narrative generation feature produces billing-ready descriptions aligned with firm, client, and matter-specific guidelines.
Real-Time Billing Compliance Laurel checks time entries against client billing rules before submission, flagging non-compliant narratives and entries in real time. The system also supports ingestion of outside counsel guidelines (OCGs) to automate compliance rule classification and enforcement.
Work Intelligence and Analytics Firm leadership and administrators can access reporting on utilization, matter profitability, capacity planning, and the distribution of time across activities and applications. The platform also includes tools for measuring the return on investment of generative AI tools deployed within the firm.
Practice Management System Integration Laurel integrates with major legal billing and practice management systems, including Thomson Reuters Elite Enterprise, 3E, and ProLaw, Aderant, Clio, SurePoint, Juris, and Tabs3, among others. Bi-directional sync is available for select PMS platforms.
