Become Client-Ready, Audit-Ready in Legal eBilling

A practical certification for law firm billing teams and legal ops professionals who need clean LEDES submissions, defensible UTBMS coding, guideline compliance, and repeatable rejection recovery—without guesswork.

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What this solves

If you touch legal billing, you already know the pain: rejections, write-down risk, delayed approvals, inconsistent coding, and “portal rules” that change by client. This program gives you operator-grade controls so your billing output is consistent, compliant, and defensible—cycle after cycle.

What you’ll be able to do after this

By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:

• Submit cleaner invoices with fewer preventable rejects

• Apply UTBMS codes with defensible consistency and code-to-narrative alignment

• Align invoices to Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs) and document approvals properly

• Write audit-ready narratives that reduce compliance flags and rework

• Validate LEDES files and troubleshoot common format/portal errors

• Run a repeatable rejection recovery workflow: diagnose → fix → document → resubmit

• Manage timekeepers and rates using effective dates, lock periods, and portal enforcement rules

• Maintain a cleaner audit trail and standardize billing operations across a team

Who this is for

This certification is built for:

• Law firm billing and eBilling professionals (new or experienced)

• Billing managers and revenue cycle leaders

• Legal operations teams supporting outside counsel billing

• Anyone working with LEDES, UTBMS, OCG compliance, portals, rejections, and timekeeper/rate controls

What’s inside

Inside the LEDES Excellence Certification:

1. Data Integrity (operator controls that prevent avoidable rejects)

2. UTBMS Precision (defensible coding + consistency standards)

3. Compliance Alignment (OCGs, approvals, restrictions, documentation)

4. Narrative Clarity + Pre-Approval (audit-ready narratives + approval routines)

5. LEDES Masterclass (formats, validation, troubleshooting)

6. Rejection Recovery Playbook™ (track, fix, document, learn for next cycle)

7. Operational Excellence (workflows, tracking, escalation, capacity routines)

8. Timekeepers + Rates (titles, credentials, lock periods, effective dates, diversity reporting)

9. Industry Governance + Standards (what drives enforcement and where to stay current)

Why $499/year is worth it

This certification is priced to be less than the cost of a single preventable rejection cycle.

If the program helps you prevent just one avoidable write-down or delayed approval in a year, it pays for itself. And if it saves even a few hours of rework—rejections, resubmissions, appeals, and approval chasing—the ROI compounds quickly across a team.

ROI math (simple):

• Avoid 1 preventable write-down of $500+ → covers the cost

• Save 7–14 hours/year of rework → often exceeds $499 in labor value

• Standardize workflows across multiple billers → savings multiply

Pricing

$499/year
12 months access + templates + exam + certificate

Instant Member Areas access after checkout.

What you get

Your enrollment includes:

• 12 months access to the LEDES Excellence Caertification Inside Member Areas (Member Areas is simply the secure login portal where the course lives)

• Short, implementation-focused lessons designed for real billing cycles

• Downloadable operator resources (checklists, templates, trackers)

• Quizzes (80%+ completion standard; retakes allowed)

• Final Certification Exam (40 questions; 80% passing; retakes allowed)

• Certificate of completion upon passing

Important note: This is operational training and process guidance—not legal advice.