Highlights from ClioCon 2025

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Printed Oct 17, 2025

Opening keynote by Jack Newton

Kicking off our thirteenth annual ClioCon in Boston, Clio’s CEO and Founder, Jack Newton set the tone for the 2 days along with his opening keynote constructed on this yr’s theme—Uniting Brilliance—and examined how innovation and know-how are propelling the authorized career into a brand new period of transformation.

We had our largest wave of product bulletins in ClioCon historical past, with Jack asserting Clio Function (for big legislation companies), Vincent by Clio, Clio Work, Handle AI, and Clio Develop and Clio Draft’s new AI capabilities, unveiling Clio’s imaginative and prescient for the clever authorized work platform that’s set to interchange conventional observe administration software program and redefine how authorized professionals work. A system of document has developed right into a system of motion. 

The keynote made it clear that innovation at Clio isn’t nearly constructing higher instruments; it’s about reworking how folks expertise legislation on either side of the desk and throughout each agency measurement.

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ClioCon 2025 product and have bulletins

Throughout Jack’s keynote, he unveiled a few of our most transformative improvements but, designed to vary not solely how companies run their companies, however how authorized work itself will get carried out.

From reworking enterprise case administration to reimagining analysis, drafting, and on a regular basis workflows for all agency sizes with AI, Clio’s latest improvements mark a significant step ahead for the authorized trade. Collectively, these merchandise set a brand new benchmark for the way know-how powers the observe and enterprise of legislation.

Clio for Enterprise: Giant legislation agency case administration, reimagined

Certainly one of our largest bulletins at ClioCon this yr was the launch of Clio Function (previously ShareDo), a trusted platform utilized by a few of the world’s largest legislation companies for over a decade. Now, as a part of the Clio household, it’s turning into much more highly effective.

Clio Function brings each matter, doc, and workflow into one adaptive system designed for scale. The outcomes communicate for themselves: decreasing case lifecycles by as much as 40%, creating new issues 80% sooner, and growing fee-earner capability by 30%. Now built-in into the Clio ecosystem, Clio Function turns into the spine of the world’s largest legislation companies and company authorized departments, enhancing their operations with the analysis energy of Vincent by Clio, the depth of over one billion authorized paperwork in Clio Library, and the litigation intelligence of Clio Docket.

We couldn’t be extra excited to introduce Clio for Enterprise and to assist the most important companies on the planet with know-how that’s constructed for them, right now and tomorrow.

Be part of the waitlist to be among the many first to expertise Clio for Enterprise.

Clio Library*: A brand new period of authorized analysis

Authorized analysis is a vital a part of a lawyer’s work, and we’re thrilled to introduce Clio Library, as the primary authorized analysis platform constructed seamlessly into the best way you already handle your agency and serve your purchasers.

With entry to over 1 billion authorized paperwork from 100+ nations, Clio Library delivers analysis that’s at all times correct and at all times present. It’s greater than search: it’s smarter analysis that helps legal professionals uncover connections sooner, construct stronger arguments, and transfer consumer work ahead with confidence.

With Clio Library, you’ll be able to:

Analysis with confidence. Day by day updates from courts, governments, and regulators worldwide make sure you’re by no means counting on outdated legislation.
Discover connections that matter. Superior instruments just like the Precedent Map and Key Passages transcend key phrase searches to disclose relationships between instances, spotlight essentially the most cited authorized reasoning, and monitor how precedents evolve over time.
Keep forward of change. Chronological quotation monitoring reveals how authorized rules evolve over time, serving to you regulate your technique with readability.
Work the best way you assume. Whether or not you like guided discovery, precision Boolean queries, or cross-jurisdictional comparability, Clio Library adapts to your analysis fashion.

Clio Library offers legal professionals time again by eliminating the guesswork in authorized analysis. With correct, always-current sources constructed proper into Clio, companies can concentrate on their purchasers as an alternative of chasing down data.

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Vincent* by Clio: AI designed for authorized work

The observe of legislation simply received supercharged, with Vincent by Clio, an unmatched authorized AI instrument engineered particularly for legal professionals. Already trusted by the Am Regulation 200 companies and Fortune 500 counsel, Vincent transforms one of many world’s largest curated authorized libraries into solutions and insights you’ll be able to stand behind.

Vincent goes past generic AI, delivering analysis, evaluation, and workflow assist that meets the usual of courts, purchasers, and regulators. From contract evaluation to litigation technique evaluation, Vincent offers companies the precision, velocity, and reliability they should compete at scale. 

And with Clio’s concentrate on adoption and long-term success, companies don’t simply get cutting-edge AI, they get measurable influence. Impartial research present Vincent boosts productiveness by as much as 115%, serving to the world’s prime companies work smarter and ship extra worth. 

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Clio Work*: A brand new workspace for the observe of legislation

We had been thrilled to introduce Clio Work, an AI-powered workspace that unites authorized analysis, evaluation, drafting, and case administration in a single seamless expertise. By bringing collectively the enterprise and observe of legislation, Clio Work eliminates context switching and empowers authorized professionals to concentrate on the work that issues most, multi functional place.

On the coronary heart of Clio Work is Vincent by Clio, our AI-powered authorized intelligence engine constructed for legislation and skilled on billions of authorized paperwork. Mixed with the context of your issues in Clio Handle and backed by the Clio Library (essentially the most complete authorized analysis database on the planet), Clio Work delivers exact, citation-backed insights you’ll be able to belief. 

With Clio Work, legal professionals and authorized groups profit from:

Smarter authorized analysis: Ask questions in pure language and get solutions grounded in trusted sources.
Quicker doc evaluation: Assessment pleadings, contracts, and correspondence with AI that flags dangers, obligations, and key arguments.
One place to work: Transfer seamlessly between analysis, drafting, and case administration—with out switching instruments.

The result’s a workspace that accelerates case prep, reduces cognitive load, and helps each agency (irrespective of the scale) work with better confidence. Scale back context switching and remove paying for third-party authorized analysis instruments. With Clio Work, all the pieces you have to get authorized work carried out lives in a single place.

Be part of the waitlist to be among the many first to expertise Clio Work.

Handle AI: The following evolution of Clio Duo

After we launched Clio Duo on the finish of final yr, it rapidly grew to become a trusted assistant for 1000’s of authorized professionals, serving to them reclaim as a lot as 5 hours every week by making on a regular basis duties sooner and simpler. Now, Duo has developed into one thing greater…

Handle AI is an entire reimagining of Clio Duo, constructing on Duo’s basis and increasing it right into a firm-wide productiveness engine dwelling inside Clio Handle. With Handle AI you’ll be able to:

Keep forward of deadlines: Mechanically extract deadlines instantly from courtroom paperwork, schedule key dates, and maintain your calendar in sync (decreasing the danger of missed deadlines).
Plan your day with confidence: Floor priorities, reminders, and create duties, notes, occasions, and bills so it’s simpler to maintain issues transferring ahead.
Speed up billing and money circulation: Auto-generate draft invoices, route payments to the appropriate approvers, arrange billing parameters, and configure end-of-month billing. 
Remove handbook submitting: Save emails, receipts, and attachments to the proper matter routinely, making certain each file is in the appropriate place for the appropriate folks.
Automate workflows: Construct duties, levels, and checklists that maintain issues progressing, so your workers can concentrate on high-value actions as an alternative of repetitive setup.
Compose on demand: Draft motions, letters, and consumer updates, and pull summarizations of prolonged paperwork into clear, actionable takeaways.

The consequence? Fewer bottlenecks, sooner funds, and extra bandwidth for consumer service. 

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Clio Draft: Now supercharged with AI

Clio Draft has at all times helped authorized professionals save hours on doc automation. Now, with AI constructed proper in, it’s even sooner and simpler to go from first draft to closing doc.

The brand new AI-powered template builder enables you to immediately convert your individual paperwork into reusable templates, skipping the time-intensive setup that often slows companies down. As soon as your templates are prepared, AI-powered consumer questionnaires routinely comply with as much as accumulate the main points you want, with out the tedious back-and-forth of handbook communication.

For Clio Draft customers, this implies much less time spent establishing and chasing down data, and extra time delivering worth to purchasers. Companies can begin automating paperwork from day one, releasing their groups from repetitive admin duties and specializing in higher-value work.

One of the best half? Including AI performance comes at no further price to Clio Draft customers.

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Extra function bulletins & updates

Past the most important bulletins, Jack additionally highlighted a number of smaller function releases and updates coming quickly, every designed to make each day work even smoother. At Clio, we all know that even the smallest enhancements can create significant features in effectivity and workflow. 

Battle checks: Coming to each Clio Handle and Clio Develop, you’ll quickly have the ability to full battle checks. From utilizing your individual information, you’ll have the ability to simply flag potential conflicts, and display screen purchasers. This may velocity up the method and help you spot potential points immediately because of Clio Develop’s forthcoming AI-capabilities.

AI in Clio Develop: The ability of AI is coming to Clio Develop! With Clio Develop’s new AI performance you’ll have the ability to velocity up and automate battle checks, consumer screening and scoring (based mostly in your particular parameters), ship emails, and revel in automated follow-up emails nudging purchasers to finish obligatory types. Shopper consumption that strikes itself ahead within the background, so you will have extra time to concentrate on duties that solely you are able to do.

Fame supervisor: You’ll quickly have the ability to request and accumulate consumer opinions proper from Clio Handle, serving to your agency construct credibility, strengthen consumer belief, and entice extra of the appropriate enterprise.

Multi-client assist: Clio Handle is introducing multi-client assist, so you’ll be able to handle instances with a number of plaintiffs extra simply and maintain each element organized in a single place.

Clio Accounting updates: Clio Accounting now helps examine printing, with extra updates on the best way to make three-way reconciliation less complicated than ever.

Clio Funds updates: We’ve been busy engaged on some superior new options coming to Clio Funds:

Textual content-to-pay: This may enable your purchasers to obtain payments and fee reminders proper to their telephones, growing fee flexibility. 
At all times on: We’re bettering how subscription-based pricing works within Clio Funds, making it simpler to assist billing for these long-term relationships.
Pay Later: Our new Pay Later function permits for the agency to receives a commission up-front, whereas permitting the consumer the flexibleness of paying extra time—decreasing fee friction and income lockup.
Clio Capital: Final however not least, Clio Capital is coming quickly, giving companies sooner entry to their monetary information, deeper perception into money circulation, and the instruments to make extra strategic choices about development.

The most recent Authorized Traits Report: Key takeaways

Annually at ClioCon, we launch the Authorized Traits Report, a data-driven take a look at the forces shaping the authorized career. This yr’s version uncovers how high-performing companies are utilizing know-how to drive development, how AI is altering each day authorized work, and what right now’s purchasers anticipate when selecting a lawyer. A few of the key takeaways from this yr’s report embody:

AI is driving agency development. Companies rising revenues by 20% or extra undertake AI at twice the speed of friends, with practically 70% of vast adopters seeing direct income features.
AI is bettering legal professionals’ lives. Out of the legal professionals surveyed, 62% report much less stress and 48% a greater work-life stability from utilizing AI.
Neurological analysis exhibits tech reduces fatigue. Clio diminished cognitive pressure by as much as 25%, serving to legal professionals keep targeted on purchasers and technique. 
Purchasers are turning to AI for solutions. Greater than half (57%) have used or would use AI for authorized assist, which suggests companies should be prepared to reply.
Effectivity is a development edge. Excessive-performing companies use 65% extra options in Clio than their friends.

Need to see how these insights can form the way forward for your observe? Obtain the complete report right now.

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Our 2025 Reisman Award Winners

We’re proud to have fun the authorized professionals who’re redefining what’s potential within the trade. Annually, the Reisman Awards acknowledge companies and people who exemplify innovation, consumer dedication, and the pursuit of a extra equitable authorized system. This yr’s winners proceed to lift the bar and mirror our mission to remodel the authorized expertise for all.

The 2025 Reisman Award recipients are:

Finest Development Story: Lengea Regulation
Finest New Regulation Agency: Adam Benedict
Group Champion: Texas Honest Protection Mission
Range & Inclusion: Legalmiga Regulation, P.C.
Excellence in Shopper Service: O’Connor Household Regulation
Authorized Influence: Laviano & Gagne
Authorized Innovation: Lawlux

Study extra in regards to the inspiring journeys of this yr’s winners—and see how your agency can apply for the Reisman Awards 2026.

Integration Award Winners

Annually, the Integration Awards acknowledge essentially the most progressive apps in Clio’s App Listing—instruments that broaden what’s potential for legislation companies utilizing Clio. This yr’s winners stand out for the way seamlessly they assist companies work smarter, serve purchasers higher, and run stronger practices. From doc automation to collections and litigation instruments, these integrations are shaping the way forward for authorized work throughout the Clio ecosystem.

Finest New App: Vera

Vera is redefining doc evaluation and scheduling for authorized professionals. Its AI extracts key dates and summaries from authorized paperwork and syncs them on to Clio Handle—saving hours of handbook work and conserving each case on monitor.

Study extra about how Vera integrates with Clio. 

Finest Enterprise of Regulation App: Collbox

CollBox takes the stress out of collections by combining automation with a human contact. Seamlessly built-in with Clio Handle, it connects you with a devoted A/R specialist who follows up on overdue invoices, serving to your agency receives a commission as much as 40% sooner whereas sustaining knowledgeable consumer expertise.

Study extra about how Collbox integrates with Clio. 

Finest Follow of Regulation App: Clearbrief 

Clearbrief is reworking how litigators write and analysis. Built-in with Clio Handle, it makes use of AI to immediately floor related discovery supplies, counsel citations, and even construct Tables of Authorities, all inside Microsoft Phrase. The consequence: extra correct, persuasive filings in a fraction of the time.

Study extra about how Clearbrief integrates with Clio. 

Keynote Speaker Highlights 

Esther Perel: Constructing Bridges, Successful Circumstances: Mastering Relational Intelligence in Authorized Follow

Famend psychotherapist and bestselling creator Esther Perel introduced a deeply human perspective to the way forward for authorized work. Drawing on her many years of expertise finding out relationships and office tradition, she explored how relational intelligence, the power to navigate belief, belonging, recognition, and resilience, shapes each profitable group. By viewers workouts and real-life case research from Clio prospects, she confirmed how the paradoxes legal professionals face each day, between autonomy and interdependence, logic and emotion, safety and journey, can truly be highly effective sources of connection and creativity when managed deliberately. 

Her keynote reminded attendees that whereas legislation is constructed on proof, it’s powered by relationships—and strengthening these relationships is vital to constructing more healthy, extra collaborative, and extra fulfilling companies.

Richard Susskind: Tips on how to Suppose About AI

Professor Richard Susskind OBE, KC (Hon), challenged the ClioCon viewers to look past automation and picture how synthetic intelligence will actually rework justice. Drawing on many years of analysis, from his early work in AI legislation within the Nineteen Eighties to right now’s generative breakthroughs, he reminded us that we’re nonetheless within the early chapters of AI’s story.

Susskind outlined six hypotheses for the place humanity and AI could intersect, from short-term hype to the opportunity of synthetic normal intelligence and even superintelligence. Whereas opinions differ, one factor is evident: the tempo of progress is accelerating, and adoption lags behind, it’s time for legal professionals to dive in. For companies, the aggressive edge will belong to those that embrace innovation slightly than resist it.

He urged authorized professionals to assume past effectivity features and take into account how AI might help ship authorized outcomes in new, client-centered methods. Within the quick time period, AI will enhance productiveness; in the long run, it’ll reshape how folks entry and expertise justice.

JJ Velazquez: From Sing Sing to the Supreme Courtroom: Resilience, Reform, and the Energy of Gratitude

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez’s keynote reminded us why justice reform is deeply human work. Talking to 1000’s of authorized professionals, each in-person at just about, JJ shared his highly effective journey from wrongful conviction to full exoneration after 27 years behind bars. His story uncovered the cracks in our authorized system whereas spotlighting the resilience, goal, and gratitude that carried him by means of unimaginable hardship.

JJ’s message was one in all hope and duty. He known as on the authorized neighborhood to make use of its affect to construct a fairer, extra compassionate system—one which listens, reforms, and by no means loses sight of the folks behind each case. His phrases left the viewers impressed to guide with empathy and use the legislation as a real drive for good.

Highlights from ClioCon periods and workshops

ClioCon is filled with studying, inspiration, and connection, and the next periods are only a glimpse into the unbelievable vary of content material attendees may discover. 

From in-person workshops in Boston to live-streamed digital periods, each expertise is designed to assist authorized professionals degree up their observe and reimagine what’s potential with know-how:

How Authorized AI Is Completely different (and Why It Actually Issues!)

Reside from Boston, Clio’s Workers Product Designer, Andrew Fung, confirmed ClioCon attendees that synthetic intelligence isn’t simply reworking Large Regulation. It’s empowering solos and small companies to work smarter proper now. Attendees left impressed by how approachable authorized AI instruments are for companies of any measurement, from automating consumer communications to producing paperwork and managing admin duties in minutes. The session broke down the myths round AI and made it clear that you just don’t want a tech background to begin saving time and specializing in what issues most: your purchasers.

​​Authorized Design Considering: Reimagining Shopper-Centered Authorized Providers

Kim Bennett, founding father of Fidu, joined by Clio’s Vice President of Product Advertising and marketing, Carrie Elstner, led an attractive in-person session at ClioCon on how considerate design can rework the best way legal professionals talk, collaborate, and ship client-centered authorized providers. The session provided a sensible take a look at how simplifying advanced processes and creating user-friendly paperwork can construct belief and deepen consumer engagement. Attendees discovered learn how to apply design considering rules to make each consumer interplay clearer, extra intuitive, and extra impactful. It was a standout reminder that nice consumer experiences don’t occur accidentally—they’re designed with care and intention.

Unlocking Your Agency’s Potential: A Roadmap for Profitable Scalability With Clio

Throughout this in-person session, Clio’s Director of Product, Mid-Market and Enterprise, Jarryd McCree helped mid- to large-sized companies navigate what it actually takes to scale with confidence. He walked attendees by means of the rising pains that include enlargement, from sustaining visibility and consistency to bettering firm-wide effectivity, and confirmed how Clio’s suite of instruments is constructed to satisfy these challenges. Individuals additionally received an unique take a look at Clio’s roadmap for bigger companies, together with new options designed to make scaling smoother and smarter. The session bolstered Clio’s dedication to empowering companies at each stage of their development journey.

Constructing an Built-in Authorized Know-how Stack

On this digital session Integral’s Proprietor and Chief Tech Knowledgeable, Burton Kelso, energized attendees with a sensible take a look at learn how to make know-how work for his or her agency. By real-world examples and clear, actionable recommendation, he confirmed how the correct mix of instruments can simplify operations, enhance collaboration, and unlock time for consumer work. Attorneys left impressed to take a extra strategic strategy to their tech—one the place each system connects, each workflow runs easily, and each minute saved fuels a extra environment friendly and future-ready agency.

(Don’t) Go for Broke: Mastering Smarter, Quicker Regulation Agency Finance Strategies

On this digital session, Robert Gauvreau, Founder and CEO at Gauvreau, and Emil Abedian, CPA at Counsel CPAs, joined by Clio’s Alex MacGillivray, VP, Company Controller, shared sensible methods to assist solo and small agency legal professionals take management of their funds. The session coated all the pieces from setting aggressive, worthwhile charges to implementing automated billing programs and bettering money circulation. Attendees discovered how Clio’s instruments make it simpler to handle their agency’s funds with confidence, cut back lockup intervals, and receives a commission sooner. It was an empowering reminder that monetary stability isn’t simply good enterprise, it’s the muse for long-term development.

Tips on how to Develop Sustainable Regulation Companies: A Reisman Panel Speak

On this digital session attendees heard instantly from this yr’s Reisman Award winners for Finest Development Story and Finest New Regulation Agency. The panel shared highly effective, real-world insights on constructing sustainable development by means of innovation, consumer focus, and sensible use of know-how. Every agency provided sensible takeaways that different authorized professionals can apply to their very own practices, proving that development doesn’t have to return on the expense of stability or goal. It was an inspiring reminder that when companies study from each other, your complete authorized neighborhood strikes ahead collectively.

ClioCon 2026: Attend in Boston, or from wherever

As we shut one other unbelievable ClioCon, one factor is evident: when the brightest minds in authorized come collectively, the chances are limitless. And the journey doesn’t finish right here.

We’re heading again to Boston, MA, October 26–27, for ClioCon 2026, the place we’ll Go Past Limits collectively. Be part of 1000’s of authorized professionals from world wide to study, join, and discover the concepts shaping the way forward for legislation.

Whether or not you be a part of us in Boston or on-line, you’ll expertise the identical power, insights, and inspiration that make ClioCon essentially the most talked-about occasion in authorized tech. With Digital ClioCon, you’ll get front-row entry to each keynote, product announcement, and CLE-eligible periods, streamed reside and out there on demand.

Regardless of the way you attend, you’ll be a part of a neighborhood that’s pushing the boundaries of what’s potential for the authorized trade.

Passes are on sale now. Reserve your spot right now and reap the benefits of early-bird pricing!

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