Clearbrief
How this is computed · one composite score, recomputed across all 28 months, ranked on a 3-month moving average
What it is
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
What We Haven’t Verified
This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.
Integrations
Platforms Clearbrief integrates with. Depth — where curated — reflects how native the connection is. Uncurated entries render without a depth dot.
- Microsoft Word
- LexisNexis
- Clio
- MyCase
- Fastcase
- Relativity
- iManage
- NetDocuments
- Reveal
Deep — bi-directional API Medium — one-way sync / webhook Shallow — middleware / Zapier-class
Community ratings
Alternatives
Other Legal Research vendors in the directory. "Compare" pages are editorial and coming as we build them.
- #01 Thomson Reuters
- #02 LexisNexis — Legal research, analytics and workflow solutions
- #06 Westlaw
- #11 Wolters Kluwer
- #18 vLex
- #21 Bloomberg Law
- Jacqueline SchaferFounder & CEOsource ↗
- 6.5MTotal funding reported by the TLTF directory · founded 2020 · as crawled 2026-02-09source ↗
Round-by-round data (dates, round names, investors) is not in our source crawl — only the total is shown.
We haven't found any webinars offered by Clearbrief yet — see all legal tech webinars.
- Tomorrow.Lawexpected presenceNov 3
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