FS: So basically, you just tell it what you want supported, and it gives you choices based on what you highlighted. Then you drag and drop the links to the ones you want to use, into your word document?
JS: Correct.
FS: What else can it do?
JS: It can build a Table of Authorities in one click, no tagging needed. It can also generate your exhibits for filing with a few clicks based on your citations, which saves on average an entire day of admin time on the day of filing. This allows the partner to keep editing, wordsmithing, and yes – billing – instead of having to stop to give the paralegal enough time for manual admin tasks. And when you’re done, you click to create a fully hyperlinked PDF version for filing with the court. Clearbrief automatically displays any cases cited thanks to our partnership with Fastcase.
FS: So no more spending hours on tables and exhibits. It’s all a click of a button now?
JS: Exactly. We hold four issued AI legal writing patents that power this tech (our vision was that no litigator should ever have to do this stuff manually again!).
FS: Wow! That’s pretty impressive. Anything else?
JS: We have a feature where you can drag in your opponent’s filing, and Clearbrief flags where their sentences are not supported by the evidence. You can use the “Add Cite” button to find the facts they conveniently omitted. It will also flag any bogus cases cited.
FS: When you talk about bogus cases cited, you’re of course referencing the Avianca Airlines debacle?
JS: (Laughs) Correct. I actually made a quick video where we uploaded the affidavit from that case which included the fake cases, and Clearbrief instantly identified those text fragments as fake cases and flagged them for review.
FS: I bet the attorney on that case wishes he’d used your AI.
JS: We would be more than happy to offer the attorneys on that case a free month’s trial of Clearbrief!
FS: One final thing, I recall you mentioning that some of your users are also using Clearbrief to send demand letters. How does that work?
JS: Yes, thanks for bringing that up. The final step of using Clearbrief is that you can click a button to hyperlink all the factual and legal sources in your Word doc and share it as a hyperlinked PDF, so if you have a demand letter, you can send it to counsel showing them exactly the evidence they’ll face if they take this to trial. There’s nothing more powerful than showing the insurance company why you win. Our users have said they get replies right away when they send hyperlinked demands with Clearbrief.
FS: This is all very practical. Thanks for your time and insights.
How many hours will be saved on research, citations, creating tables and exhibits? While the Doom & Gloom Set is sounding the clarions and claiming AI will wipe out legal jobs, AI like Clearbrief make it clear that at least for the foreseeable future, AI is enabling attorneys to focus on higher-level functions and save considerable amounts of non-billable time. That time can then be used providing billable services to clients or as I would choose, spending time on the tennis court with my lovely bride. Literally anything is better than spending a day on tedious, non-billable work!
Shelton’s Crystal Ball: Clearbrief and other savvy developers will focus on eliminating more and more low-level and especially non-billable tasks and functions that lawyers, paralegals and legal assistants typically do. The goal will be what every lawyer dreams of: Literally everything they do will be billable!
