Reflecting on 2023 at Clio

As we bid farewell to a different outstanding yr, we’re taking a second to mirror on the occasions which have formed Clio’s journey in 2023. From the introduction of our new suite of non-public damage options to the publication of our best-ever Authorized Tendencies Report, we’ve continued to push the boundaries of legaltech to allow authorized professionals to succeed.

Celebrating 15 Years

This yr, we celebrated our fifteenth anniversary, reflecting on the unbelievable achievements and milestones which have formed Clio into the world’s main cloud-based authorized administration software program. Since our founding in 2008, Clio has grown exponentially, due to the progressive authorized professionals who use our software program on daily basis. We now have weathered financial downturns, empowered authorized professionals to satisfy evolving shopper calls for, and made operating a legislation agency simpler than ever imagined. We’re proud to serve over 150,000 authorized professionals throughout 100 international locations, incomes the approval of greater than 90 bar associations and legislation societies globally, together with all 50 state bar associations within the US.

Celebrating a decade of success in Eire

2023 marked ten wonderful years since we established our presence in Dublin. Eire is a hub of know-how and expertise, contributing considerably to our world operations. With over 150,000 authorized professionals in additional than 100 international locations utilizing on Clio’s merchandise on daily basis, the unbelievable authorized professionals who use Clio within the UK and past have been an instrumental a part of our journey.

Our 10-year milestone in Dublin highlights Clio’s dedication to steady progress and success in Eire and our dedication to reproducing a supportive and inclusive work setting as we develop, as evidenced by the office awards obtained by our Dublin workplace. 

Clio launches in Australia! 

Clio’s growth into Australia in 2023 marked a big milestone for us, solidifying our world presence and dedication to serving the Australian authorized market. With a market management place and a repute for offering progressive authorized know-how options, Clio’s entry into Australia was met with nice anticipation. Thus far, we’ve quickly grown our Australian crew, and have labored onerous to tailor our product choices to satisfy the precise wants of the colourful Australian authorized neighborhood. This effort was acknowledged by Clio incomes a Belief Accounting Certification from the Legislation Society of New South Wales. 

Learn extra about Clio’s Belief Accounting certification right here. 

The 2023 Clio Cloud Convention

The 2023 Clio Cloud Convention was a powerful success, bringing collectively over 2,000 attendees from greater than 20 international locations and a further 1,000 digital contributors. The occasion unveiled contemporary insights into legislation agency efficiency and celebrated the transformative energy of know-how. It additionally featured classes on fashionable advertising, constructing antifragile legislation corporations, the way forward for AI in legislation, and growing entry to justice. Attendees left impressed and geared up with new data to amplify their impression on their lives and careers. 

The 2024 Clio Cloud Convention is coming to Austin, Texas, the place we’ll dive into the theme “Transferring with Momentum.” We look ahead to seeing you subsequent yr! Get your 2024 ClioCon passes now.

The 2023 Authorized Tendencies Report

In October, we launched the most recent version of the Authorized Tendencies Report, unpacking explosive insights into legislation agency efficiency. For the primary time within the publication’s historical past, we additionally launched centered stories for solo and mid-sized legislation corporations, capturing distinctive insights for a wider array of legislation corporations than ever earlier than. 

Assessing the efficiency of mid-sized corporations

On this groundbreaking report, we dove into key traits and knowledge, shedding gentle on how mid-sized corporations are setting themselves up for achievement post-pandemic. Inspecting elements reminiscent of monetary efficiency, lawyer satisfaction, work-life steadiness, and know-how adoption, the report gives a deep understanding of the mid-market section and supplies actionable suggestions for corporations trying to thrive on this area. Learn highlights from the Mid-Market report or obtain it right here.

Introducing highly effective new metrics for assessing legislation corporations

Within the 2023 Authorized Tendencies Report, we launched a brand new metric, Lockup, to achieve a deeper understanding of the place corporations is perhaps falling quick. The report additionally seemed on the views of authorized professionals on the impression of synthetic intelligence on authorized. Listed below are two key findings from the report about how legislation corporations are responding to AI:

AI adoption within the authorized {industry} continues to be comparatively low, however shoppers are extra open to its advantages than authorized professionals.
32% of shoppers vs. 19% of attorneys say the justice system might be improved with AI. 

Learn highlights from this yr’s report or obtain it right here.

Recognizing Excellence: Celebrating the 2023 Reisman Award Winners

The Reisman Awards, named after Clio’s first buyer, Catherine Merino Reisman, shine a highlight on the outstanding achievements of Clio prospects within the authorized {industry}. 

From trailblazing corporations that embraced innovation to these making a profound impression of their communities, the 2023 Reisman Award winners exemplify excellence in authorized follow, and we’re proud to acknowledge these prospects. Listed below are this yr’s winners:

Range & Inclusion: The Childress Agency PLLC
Finest Progress Story: King Legislation Workplaces
Finest New Legislation Agency: The Dross Legislation Agency PLLC
Authorized Innovation: Rasa Authorized
Authorized Influence Award: PATH Authorized
Group Champion: Amara Authorized Middle
Excellence in Consumer Service: Tenet Legislation

Study extra about our Reisman Award winners and signal as much as be notified when submissions open for the 2024 awards. 

Highlight on distinctive options: The 2023 Integration Awards winners

The Integration Awards acknowledge and rejoice excellence and innovation in authorized know-how, particularly trying on the Clio App Listing, the authorized {industry}’s largest app ecosystem. The awards included three prestigious classes: Finest New App, Finest Apply of Legislation App, and Finest Enterprise of Legislation App.

Hona, Fidu, and MotaWorld stood out because the trailblazers of their respective classes, altering the way in which legislation corporations develop and streamline their practices. 

Hona, with its central hub for shopper interactions and automatic shopper training, empowers attorneys to give attention to their circumstances whereas delivering an distinctive shopper expertise. 
Fidu propels corporations into the longer term by facilitating the transition from hourly billing to a subscription-based mannequin, reworking the authorized expertise and enabling scalable companies. 
MotaWorld, with its seamless and cost-effective translation companies, assists attorneys working in a world authorized {industry}, guaranteeing that authorized nuances and intent are maintained throughout languages.

Study extra about how these artistic options may also help your legislation agency succeed!

Empowering authorized professionals with know-how

In 2023, we launched a brand new vary of options, integrations, and updates to assist legislation corporations function extra effectively and successfully. We listened intently to suggestions from Clio prospects such as you, guaranteeing that our platform continues to satisfy the distinctive calls for of recent authorized practices. 

Learn on for a few of the most fun product releases in 2023!

Private damage options

This yr, we launched a brand new suite of options particularly designed for private damage case administration. Our medical information and settlement administration options streamline the complicated means of dealing with private damage circumstances, serving to attorneys extra successfully handle their practices and supply higher help to their shoppers.

Study extra about Clio’s Private Harm Add-On and ebook a demo to see it in motion immediately!

AI-powered authorized assistant

Clio Duo is an AI-powered companion that may improve attorneys’ talents. Coming in 2024, this dynamic instrument will help authorized professionals in analyzing knowledge, predicting outcomes, and delivering justice with unprecedented effectivity. Clio Duo will act as an professional advisor and coach, liberating up attorneys’ time to give attention to the work that really issues.

You may study extra about Clio Duo right here.

Authorized Assist

Clio is proud to supply options tailor-made for organizations offering authorized support companies. These options allow corporations to handle and report on grants, monitor time and bills, calculate consumption eligibility, and extra. By addressing the distinctive wants of authorized support companies, we’re proud to help organizations who ship entry to justice to those that want it most.

Google’s Native Companies Adverts for Clio

With Native Companies Adverts for Clio, you possibly can promote your legislation agency on Google and obtain leads straight from potential shoppers who search on Google for the authorized companies you supply. Constructed into Clio Develop, you possibly can join and handle a Native Companies Adverts account, arrange and run advert campaigns, seize new leads, and measure marketing campaign efficiency all inside a single platform.

Study extra about Google’s Native Companies Adverts for Clio.

Clio for shoppers now accessible in Spanish

The Clio for Purchasers cell app is now accessible in Spanish. This enhancement supplies an improved shopper expertise for Spanish-speaking shoppers, permitting them to entry and work together with their authorized issues extra successfully.

Learn extra about Clio for Purchasers right here.

Matter phases

Matter Phases, a visible progress-tracking characteristic, is a kanban-style board that gives a high-level overview of labor in progress throughout the agency, enabling higher group and administration of issues. With Matter Phases, attorneys can simply monitor the standing of their circumstances and guarantee easy progress.

Clio cell app enhancements

The Clio cell app has undergone important enhancements to boost the on-the-go expertise for attorneys. The updates embrace the flexibility to create new issues, handheld doc scanning, and improved invoice viewing. These enhancements empower attorneys to work effectively and successfully from anyplace.

Study extra in regards to the Clio Cellular App for Android and iOS.

Digital wallets and faucet to pay

Clio now helps digital wallets reminiscent of Apple Pay and Google Pay, permitting shoppers to conveniently pay their payments utilizing these safe cost strategies. Moreover, the Clio Cellular App can be utilized as a point-of-sale answer, enabling attorneys to gather funds rapidly and simply.

Study extra about Clio Funds, our bank card processing and e-payments software program.

Investing in {industry} with Clio Ventures

Clio Ventures was launched in 2021 to empower promising early-stage firms with various founders who’re advancing authorized know-how. Learn on to see how the portfolio supported progressive startups with direct fairness investments in 2023.

Enhancing courtroom reporting with Steno funding

Consistent with our objective to advertise firms innovatively utilizing know-how to enhance the authorized course of and improve entry to justice, Clio Ventures invested in Steno, a legaltech startup revolutionizing courtroom reporting. Steno works with the {industry}’s prime licensed stenographic courtroom reporters to supply high-quality, correct, real-time courtroom transcripts. 

Closing the justice hole with EvenUp funding

EvenUp is a legaltech startup that leverages know-how and AI to bridge the justice hole in private damage circumstances. By empowering private damage attorneys and victims to attain truthful and equitable settlements, EvenUp ensures equal entry to justice for all. 

You may learn extra about the EvenUp funding right here.

Celebrating Recognition by All 50 State Bar Associations within the US

Earlier this yr, we had been proud to be acknowledged by all 50 state bar associations in the USA. This recognition is a testomony to our ongoing dedication to shaping the way forward for the authorized {industry} in collaboration with the authorized neighborhood.

Study extra right here.

Trying again on awards and recognitions

We had been honored to obtain numerous awards and recognitions this previous yr in recognition of our firm tradition, management, and extra.

Canada’s prime 100 employers 

In 2023, Clio was honored as one among Canada’s Prime 100 Employers for the fifth consecutive yr, highlighting Clio’s help for household life, psychological wellness initiatives, and our distributed by design office mannequin. By prioritizing each worker and enterprise success, Clio has established itself as a pacesetter in creating a versatile work setting.

Goldman Sachs Builders & Innovators Summit 2023

Jack Newton, Clio’s founder and CEO was honored for the second consecutive yr as one of many Most Distinctive Entrepreneurs of 2023 at Goldman Sach’s annual Builders and Innovators Summit. This recognition underscores Jack’s visionary management in reworking the authorized expertise by way of cloud-based know-how. Beneath his steerage, Clio has made authorized companies extra accessible and equitable whereas bettering the lives and companies of attorneys. 

2023 Finest Managed Corporations 

Clio was named one among Canada’s Finest Managed Corporations for the sixth consecutive yr. This prestigious award acknowledges industry-leading efficiency, world enterprise practices, and sustained progress. 

With greater than 900 staff globally, we’re immensely pleased with our world-class crew and stay motivated to drive ahead our mission of reworking the authorized expertise for all.

2023 BC’s Prime Employers 

Clio was acknowledged as one among British Columbia’s Prime Employers for the sixth consecutive yr. This prestigious designation mirrored Clio’s dedication to creating an distinctive office setting. 

The corporate’s distributed by design mannequin, psychological wellness help, and versatile paid time without work program are a few of the initiatives that contributed to the popularity. 

Prime Employers for Younger Individuals 

For the fourth consecutive yr, this award acknowledges Clio’s effort in direction of offering distinctive profession improvement alternatives and worker engagement packages for younger professionals. 

Clio’s intentionally developmental tradition permits staff to combine their private {and professional} progress, with customized management improvement packages and devoted profession coaches. 

You may learn extra about this prestigious recognition right here.

Jack Newton added to the BC Innovators Corridor of Fame by BC Tech Affiliation

To cap off an individually and collectively embellished yr for Jack Newton and Clio, the CEO was added to the British Columbia Innovators Corridor of Fame by BC Tech. This prestigious recognition celebrates Jack’s management and dedication to advancing cloud computing safety, ethics, and privateness have made a long-lasting impression. 

Canadian Lawyer Journal, 2023 Reader’s Alternative Winners

Clio was a giant winner on the Canadian Lawyer journal’s Reader’s Alternative Awards, rising as the popular selection in a number of classes. Readers most well-liked Clio within the following classes

calendar and docketing software program/options
cloud-based follow administration software program/options
authorized doc meeting software program/options
matter administration software program/options

We had been happy to listen to in regards to the belief and confidence that authorized professionals place in Clio, a testomony to our dedication to assembly the evolving wants of the authorized {industry}.

Till subsequent yr!

And that’s a wrap on 2023 at Clio! We need to lengthen a heartfelt thanks to our unbelievable employees and prospects for becoming a member of us on this outstanding journey. It was a yr of progress, innovation, and significant connections, and we couldn’t have executed it with out you.  

In 2024, we’re trying ahead to an distinctive yr crammed with thrilling, cutting-edge options and one other unforgettable ClioCon expertise after we convene in Austin, Texas. We hope to see you there! 

Till then, we want you a affluent new yr.

We revealed this weblog submit in December 2023. Final up to date: December 20, 2023.

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