Clio Steps Into Big Law
Clio has long been known as the go-to technology company for solo and small law firms. At this year’s ClioCon, it announced something new—and big: Clio for Enterprise, a division built for the world’s largest law firms and corporate legal departments.
After nearly two decades of leading the way in legal tech for smaller firms, Clio is now officially playing in the large-law arena. The move marks a major shift for both the company and the industry. For the first time, Clio is offering a suite of tools designed to meet the scale, governance, and integration demands of firms that run on systems like iManage and NetDocuments.
The new enterprise lineup includes:
- Clio Operate, a work-management platform evolved from Clio’s ShareDo acquisition earlier this year
- Vincent by Clio, its enterprise-grade AI engine for legal research and reasoning
- Clio Library, giving large firms access to vLex’s database of over a billion legal documents across 110 jurisdictions, including secondary law now enriched with LexBlog’s Library
- Clio Docket, providing structured court data and integrated docket tracking
Jack Newton, Clio’s founder and CEO, put it plainly: “The future of Big Law belongs to firms that harness technology to lead their markets. Clio for Enterprise is our investment in that future.”
It’s a natural evolution. The same company that gave solos and small firms access to the kind of technology that once only big firms could afford is now taking what it learned from that market and offering it back to the other end of the spectrum—firms that have the resources but often lack agility.
The timing makes sense. Clio’s 2025 Legal Trends Report, released alongside the announcement, shows that firms adopting AI are growing revenue four times faster than headcount. Eight of the ten largest global law firms are already using Vincent, Clio’s AI tool, which the company says is 3.7 times more accurate than general models.
Clio’s broader message this year was about AI becoming the backbone of legal work—not just a task assistant but a system of action that connects practice management, legal intelligence, and operations. The new enterprise division sits on top of that same foundation.
What stands out isn’t only the technology, but the framing. Newton called this “a new era for legal work,” one that puts AI to work across every level of practice—from solos to global firms. It’s a long way from the Clio of 2008 that helped small firms manage cases and billing online. The company now wants to be the platform that advances the work itself.
For those of us who’ve watched the company from the start, it’s impressive. Clio is signaling that innovation in legal tech isn’t just for startups or small firms anymore—it’s something the largest players in the profession are being invited into. Whether Big Law embraces it is another question. But the invitation has been made.