faq

Clio Draft is cloud-based software that helps small and medium-size law firms automate document workflows from information gathering to eSign. For example, you can turn your frequently used Microsoft Word-based documents into reusable, easy-to-fill templates and then send for eSign with just a few clicks. Legal professionals can also access cloud-based libraries of county, state and federal court forms. These features allow firms to build and fill sets of documents and forms simultaneously to quickly complete routine drafting. The results help save time and avoid errors with legal document drafting.

To get started simply create a Clio Draft account. We'll follow-up with you to schedule time to talk about whether Clio Draft is the right solution for your legal practice.

We have an easy-to-use Template Builder that is integrated into Microsoft Word. With the Template Builder, you can convert your frequently-used documents into fillable Word templates that can be drafted in a fraction of the time on the Clio Draft platform. We also have a dedicated Templating team that can help you get started.

Once your templates are in Lawyaw, you’ll be able to fill them over and over again through a simple online portal. In addition to having the ability to quickly and accurately fill your documents with information like names and addresses, you can also insert and edit entire clauses and paragraphs using conditional logic and other nifty features. If you are a Clio user, you also have the ability to import Clio data, right into your Word documents.

That’s easy. Clio Draft gives you the ability to download a fully formatted Word version of your filled document for final editing or changes.

Clio Draft lets you make changes to your existing template from within Word, and then those updates are available for you in the platform going forward (previously generated documents won't be affected, but new ones will be).

With Clio Draft you can access thousands of cloud-based, fillable court forms. Current form libraries include all 50 US states. You can fill all Judicial Council, county and federal immigration forms using our software.

Say goodbye to manual updates (you can finally get rid of that CD-ROM drive). Clio Draft updates all court forms, that way you can access the most current version of the form every time you log in to your account.

There are more than 3,500 lawyers across North America (and scattered around the globe) who are currently using Clio Draft. Our most common types of users practice Family Law, Estate Planning, Civil Litigation, Business Law and Real Estate. However, that's a generalization. If you have a legal practice that regularly uses similar sets of documents across multiple clients, there's a good chance we can help you save time, improve operational efficiency, avoid errors and increase profitability by using our software.

The short answer is, yes! Since Clio Draft is cloud-based you can log in from a browser on any computer.

We are built for remote work. Being cloud based means that users are not tied to a single machine or server. They can access Clio Draft anywhere they have internet access.

Yes! We call these Form Templates. Clio Draft helps you save time by allowing you to customize PDF forms with prefilled boxes, and stock language, which can be used and reused for any client.

Yes! We call these Sets. Clio Draft helps speed up your document assembly by allowing you to assemble groups of commonly used forms, that can be used over and over again for client cases. You can create as many Sets as you want and each set can include all the forms you typically need for that type of filing.

Clio Draft auto-shrinks text to better fit all the information in one field. Just keep typing and Clio Draft will start resizing your text.

By using Clio Draft you can quickly add a text box of any size anywhere on a form. You can then type your text directly into the new field.

Yes! We currently have an integration with Clio.

Clio Draft has a built-in federally compliant e-signature tool. You can save time completing your forms by signing them online, then sending them out for your clients to sign.

Eliminate the extra cost of a third party e-signature tool by using Clio Draft’s built-in eSign for all of your documents. Just upload any PDF or Microsoft Word document to Clio Draft and send it out for e-signature.

You can quickly download your documents as a Zip file, or one by one if you don't need them all at once. Your court forms will be downloaded in PDF format, and your Word Templates will be downloaded in .DOCX format. Additionally, you can use Clio Draft's built-in eSign tool to send out documents directly to your clients.

Yes! Clio Draft saves all your completed forms and client information to your account. You can come back at any time to review and edit.