Legal work in Basecamp needs matter-level time records. Everhour keeps tracked hours tied to to-dos for review.
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A usable legal time record starts where the work happened. In a Basecamp project, that usually means the to-do that carries the assignment, due date, subtasks, notes, and completion status. The time entry should stay attached to that to-do, so a reviewer can see the client matter, the work item, the person, the date, the duration, and the note without rebuilding the story from memory.
Lawyers should avoid parking time on a broad project when the work belongs to a specific deliverable. A note such as "research" forces later interpretation. A better entry names the action and scope, such as "reviewed contract comments for vendor agreement." The to-do supplies the work context, and the note explains the legal activity that produced the time.
A live timer fits focused work that starts from a Basecamp to-do, such as drafting, review, research, or preparing a response. The timer records the session while the lawyer stays on the work item. That method reduces end-of-day reconstruction, especially when several matters move through the same Basecamp workspace during a single day.
Manual entry fits work logged after the fact, such as court time, client calls, or offline review. The entry still needs the same discipline: correct to-do, project, date, duration, and a plain note. Everhour records timer, manual, and past-date entries separately, so managers can compare real-time tracking with later timesheet entry during billing review.
Billing treatment should follow the project setup and task rules, not a vague note. In Everhour, admins set billing status at the project level with hourly project rate, hourly member rate, or fixed fee. Within a billable project, a specific task can be marked non-billable, and custom task rates can apply to time-and-materials work.
That structure matters when legal review needs billable work separated from non-billable work before reports or invoices use the time. A lawyer should record the work on the correct to-do, then let the configured project and task settings drive billable totals. Reports can show billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost for review by member or task.
A one-off entry is enough when a lawyer needs to record one completed task and hand the note to an approver. A managed workflow becomes necessary when several people log time to the same matter, periods need to lock, or approved hours must support budget review, invoicing, payroll checks, and staffing decisions.
Everhour turns Basecamp to-do time into a durable record with approvals, locked periods, reporting, budgets, and invoice-oriented billing data. The Basecamp integration uses the browser extension, and Everhour states that it does not work in Basecamp native apps. Reports can preserve Basecamp project names, to-do names, section or list names, task number, and task status.
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A client call should be entered manually against the Basecamp to-do that matches the work discussed. The note should identify the action and scope, such as contract review, discovery planning, or filing preparation. The date and duration should reflect the call itself, separate from later drafting or follow-up work.
Useful report fields include Basecamp project name, to-do name, section or list name, task number, and task status. Those fields let a reviewer connect a time entry to the work item, its place in the matter structure, and whether the underlying to-do was still open or already completed.
A renamed Basecamp to-do should be reviewed by its task number and project context, not only by its current title. Everhour syncs renamed projects and to-dos from Basecamp, so reviewers should preserve stable identifiers in reports when titles change during a matter.
A task should be marked non-billable when its time belongs in reporting but should stay out of client billable totals. In Everhour, that control applies within a billable project, and reports can still show the non-billable time beside billable time, billable amount, and cost.
Work started outside the browser should be added later as a manual entry with the correct Basecamp to-do, date, duration, and note. Lawyers should not treat native-app activity as an embedded timer workflow, because Everhour states that its Basecamp integration does not work in Basecamp native apps.
Everhour Resource Planning gives managers visual timelines with member and project views, weekly capacity, availability gaps, scheduled time off, and planned-versus-actual time. Legal teams can compare planned matter work with tracked Basecamp time before assigning more drafting, review, or client-response work.
Everhour can approve timesheets, lock completed periods, and build reports with billable time, non-billable time, billable amount, and cost. Those controls let a reviewer approve submitted time and protect approved entries before reports or billing use them.
Track Basecamp to-do hours in Everhour, review capacity before assigning more matter work, and keep approved legal time ready for reporting, billing, and payroll review.
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