PCLaw API
No public API. LexisNexis has refused customer requests to open PCLaw for third-party integration, including from firms that upgraded expecting API access. Data sits in a local SQL database with no supported programmatic path; integration stops at Outlook sync and legacy Amicus.
Frequently asked questions
PCLaw scores F on the API Report Card. No public API. LexisNexis has refused customer requests to open PCLaw for third-party integration, including from firms that upgraded expecting API access. Data sits in a local SQL database with no supported programmatic path; integration stops at Outlook sync and legacy Amicus.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
PCLaw is a legal billing, accounting, and practice management software solution developed by LexisNexis (now operated under the PCLaw | Time Matters brand). It provides law firms with integrated time tracking, billing, trust accounting, matter management, and financial reporting.
Legal, Typically for small to mid-sized law firms (2-50 attorneys) needing integrated billing, accounting, and trust account management compliant with Law Society/Bar regulations. Law firms use PCLaw daily for: entering billable time and expenses against client matters, generating pre-bills and final invoices, managing trust/IOLTA accounts with regulatory compliance, processing payments, running financial reports (AR aging, productivity, profitability), bank reconciliation, and general ledger accounting.
PCLaw claims 100,000+ legal professionals and was historically used by 25,000+ law firms in North America. It has 80 reviews on Capterra (2.8/5 rating) and reviews on G2.
Yes, PCLaw holds highly critical law firm financial and operational data including: client/matter records, billable time entries, invoices and billing history, trust/IOLTA account transactions (legally regulated), general ledger and financial records, payment records, bank reconciliation data, and accounts receivable.
~30+ years old, originally developed in the early 1990s. PCLaw was acquired by LexisNexis and later spun off to the PCLaw | Time Matters entity (2019). The software is extremely dated with a Windows desktop UI that has barely changed in decades.
"They will not provide API to integrate with my case management system", upgraded specifically for API access but PCLaw refused. No Zapier integration available; very limited integration options. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Clio Manage, CosmoLex, PracticePanther, LEAP, Thomson Reuters ProLaw, Centerbase. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial PCLaw API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write PCLaw data. See the PCLaw integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/pclaw-api.