Clearbrief is an AI-powered legal writing and brief drafting platform that works as a Microsoft Word add-in, helping litigation attorneys find, verify, and cite factual evidence directly in their documents. Core capabilities: AI-powered fact-finding from discovery documents, citation checking (legal and factual), automatic Table of Authorities generation, brief analysis showing how well citations support arguments, interactive cloud-hosted filings with clickable source links, timeline generation, and exhibit creation. Founded 2020 in Seattle by Jacqueline Schafer. ~$8M total funding ($4M raised Jun 2024, per LawNext/GeekWire). ~39 employees. 16K+ LinkedIn followers. SOC 2 Type 2 certified. Claims to save 7 hours per week of litigation work. Key partnerships: Dykema (AmLaw firm-wide adoption), LexisNexis (access Lexis content within Word), Clio (integration), MyCase (partnership), Fastcase (instant legal research access). $300/brief per-brief pricing option available alongside subscription. 2025 Legalweek Awards finalist (multiple categories). Free paralegal training course. Clearbrief AI Academy for hands-on training. Reddit sentiment positive: ‘I use it to cite check my appellate briefs’ (r/LawFirm), praised for BriefCatch-like usefulness. G2 listed. Used by law firms, courts, government agencies, and in-house teams. Patented AI technology.
Capabilities
Spans 10 product areas: Brief , Drafting and , Analysis, Citation , Checking, Document , Checking and , Formatting, Review and , Legal Research.
Workflow Coverage
Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 1 workflow area:
- Research & Analysis — Citation Checking, Citation Analysis
Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.
Company Info
- Founded: 2020
- Team size: 1-10 employees
- Funding: $6.5M
- HQ: United States
- Sector: Litigation
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Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Clearbrief is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Clearbrief addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
Solo/small firm needs case law research but Westlaw and LexisNexis charge $300-500/month per user — either pay and bleed, negotiate a discount every year, or go without and risk missing relevant authority. Free alternatives (Google Scholar, Fastcase) have gaps in coverage and no citator
Litigation attorney drafting a motion for summary judgment needs to link every factual assertion to the specific page in the deposition transcript or exhibit that supports it — manually cross-referencing 3,000 pages of discovery against 30 pages of brief takes two full days, and a single unsupported factual statement gives opposing counsel ammunition to strike
Judge or clerk reviewing a 40-page brief with 80 citations wants to quickly verify that each cited case actually says what counsel claims — but checking each citation requires opening Westlaw or Lexis, finding the cited page, and reading the passage, turning a 30-minute brief review into a 3-hour verification exercise
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Clearbrief
Litigation attorney receives discovery documents (depositions, exhibits, correspondence) → drafts motion/brief in Microsoft Word → needs to link every factual assertion to specific supporting evidence and verify every legal citation before filing
After Clearbrief
After brief drafted → Cite Check Report generates audit trail PDF for partner review → Table of Authorities auto-generated → cloud-hosted filing with clickable hyperlinks submitted to court. Cite Check Report saved to case file as due diligence documentation.
Integrations & hand-offs
Clearbrief (Word add-in) → LexisNexis/Fastcase (legal citation verification); → Clio/MyCase (case management integration); → court e-filing systems (interactive hyperlinked briefs); → DMS (Cite Check Report PDF saved to matter file). Template operational policy available for firm-wide pre-filing workflow.
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