Setting Your Availability
Your availability settings control when clients can book appointments with you. By default, you inherit your firm's business hours, but you can customize your own schedule and booking preferences.
Open the availability page
In the sidebar, click Availability.
[Screenshot: Availability page showing the Available for Booking toggle, booking preferences, and business hours sections]
Turn on availability
At the top of the page, you'll see a large toggle for your booking status.
Available for Booking — Clients can see your open time slots and book with you.
Not Available — Your booking page won't show any available times. No one can book with you until you turn this back on.
New accounts start with availability turned off. Toggle it on when you're ready to accept bookings.
[Screenshot: The Available for Booking toggle in the on position with a green indicator]
Set your booking preferences
Three settings control how your available time slots appear to clients.
Buffer time
The gap between appointments. This gives you time for breaks, notes, or travel between meetings.
For example, if you have a 30-minute buffer and a meeting ends at 10:00 AM, your next available slot starts at 10:30 AM.
Options: No buffer, 15 minutes, 30 minutes (default), 45 minutes, or 60 minutes.
Minimum notice
How far in advance clients must book. This prevents last-minute appointments.
For example, with 24-hour notice, a client can't book an appointment that starts within the next 24 hours.
Options: 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours (default), or 48 hours.
Booking window
How far into the future clients can see your availability. This limits how far ahead people can schedule.
For example, with a 2-week window, clients only see available times for the next 14 days.
Options: 1 week, 2 weeks (default), 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, or 8 weeks.
[Screenshot: Booking Preferences section showing the three dropdowns for buffer time, minimum notice, and booking window]
Customize your business hours
By default, your availability follows your firm's business hours. You'll see a badge that says Inherited from [your firm name].
To set your own hours:
Click Customize in the Business Hours section.
The hours editor becomes active. Adjust your hours the same way as during onboarding — drag time blocks, toggle days on or off, and add split schedules.
[Screenshot: Business Hours section with the Customized badge and the timeline editor showing custom hours]
Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
To go back to your firm's hours, click Reset to Firm Defaults.
Schedule exceptions
Schedule exceptions let you block off specific dates — such as holidays, vacations, or special hours — without changing your regular weekly schedule.
Like business hours, exceptions inherit from your firm by default. Click Customize to set your own exceptions, or Reset to Firm Defaults to clear them.
Save your changes
After making any changes to your availability, click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. You'll see a confirmation message when your settings are saved.
How availability works with calendars
If you've connected your Google Calendar or Microsoft Calendar, Law Booker automatically checks for conflicts. Even if your availability shows an open slot, that slot won't be offered to clients if you already have an event on your calendar at that time.
This means you don't need to manually block off time — just keep your calendar up to date and Law Booker handles the rest.
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