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Clearbrief
Seattle, Washington, United States
What it is
Clearbrief provides AI tools for legal writing in Word, linking claims to supporting evidence through clickable citations. Analyze and Add Fact-Cite tools help users check statements and locate support in source documents. For trial preparation, Table Builder, timelines, and summaries help find, extract, and organize facts across document sets. The product can also create investigation reports with linked citations, Tables of Authorities, exhibits, and hyperlinked filings. Clearbrief describes integrations with LexisNexis, Fastcase vLex, Clio, iManage, Relativity, and PACER. It offers a Bring Your Own Storage option for organizations that want to keep documents in their own cloud. Clearbrief says customers control whether and how generative AI is used, and that customer data is not used to train large language models. The listed platforms are web and Windows, with an MSI installer for launching the Word add-in. A free plan is available for law students; Solo costs $300 a month per user, and Enterprise Unlimited has custom pricing.
For and against
For
- Clickable citations connect claims to supporting evidence.
- Includes tools for fact checking and trial preparation.
- Offers Bring Your Own Storage.
- Customer data is not used to train large language models.
- Integrates with legal research and case-management services.
Against
- The free plan is for law students.
- Solo costs $300 a month per user.
- Enterprise Unlimited pricing is custom.
The verdict
Clearbrief combines legal drafting support with tools for checking facts and preparing trial materials. Its stated controls around AI use and document storage may matter to organizations evaluating legal workflows.
Who it suits
Clearbrief is aimed at litigators, in-house legal teams, courts, government agencies, arbitrators, and boutique firms. Its student plan is specifically for law students.
Plans and prices
Law students
Microsoft Word access · class-outline and professor-slide workflows
Read 14 Oct 2026 · clearbrief.com
Solo
Single-user plan · multi-year agreements may reduce price
Read 14 Oct 2026 · clearbrief.com
Enterprise Unlimited
Volume discounts · 1:1 training included
Read 14 Oct 2026 · clearbrief.com
On the record
- Add Fact Cite
- Users select text in Word and receive suggested supporting pages from discovery or transcripts.marketplace.microsoft.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- AI controls
- Clearbrief says customers control if and how generative AI is used.clearbrief.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- AI data use
- The company says customer data is not used to train large language models and that customers can control generative-AI use.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Bring-your-own storage
- Organizations may keep documents in their own cloud storage through Clearbrief's bring-your-own-storage option.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Citation checking
- The platform checks legal and factual citations against underlying source documents and highlights possible mismatches.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Clio integration
- Clio users can copy selected PDFs into Clearbrief for OCR, search, citation suggestions and analysis.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- Clearbrief's press release says Jacqueline Schafer founded the company in 2020.clearbrief.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Company identity
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Clearbrief, Inc., an active private for-profit company founded by Jacqueline Schafer.crunchbase.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Clearbrief as privately held, founded in 2020, headquartered in Seattle and employing 11–50 people.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Concept search
- A concept-search bar searches across uploaded PDFs for relevant evidence pages.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Cross-examination
- The product advertises instant cross-examination outlines for real-time trial strategy.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- Public documentation consists of a guides index with Windows MSI and installation PDFs; the reviewed pages do not describe a public developer API or SDK.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Fact checking
- Its Analyze and Add Fact-Cite tools help users verify claims and find supporting evidence in source documents.clearbrief.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Funding
- Crunchbase identifies the company as seed-stage and lists six investors, including Court Lorenzini and Reign Ventures, while round amounts are obfuscated.crunchbase.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Hyperlinked filings
- Clearbrief creates secure, web-based hyperlinked copies of briefs, motions and exhibits for sharing or filing.marketplace.microsoft.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official materials list integrations with LexisNexis, Fastcase/vLex, Relativity, iManage, NetDocuments, Clio, Reveal, MyCase 8AM, SharePoint and Box.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Clearbrief says it is used by litigators, in-house legal teams, courts, government agencies, arbitrators, and boutique firms.clearbrief.com · read 28 Sep 2026
- Investigation reports
- Clearbrief offers AI-generated investigation reports whose findings link back to supporting evidence.clearbrief.com · read 14 Oct 2026
