Clio tracks everything about your practice. But someone still has to log the time, respond to intake leads, follow up on invoices, and keep matter records current. That someone is now OpenClaw.
OpenClaw connects to Clio's full API. Matters, contacts, billing, trust accounting, documents, communications. All of it.
150K+
legal professionals use Clio
2.5 hrs
average billable work per day (Clio Legal Trends Report)
<60s
intake response time with OpenClaw
Full API
matters, billing, trust, documents, contacts
The software is there. The problem is everything it can't do without you.
You spent 18 minutes on a client call. Then 12 minutes reviewing a document. Then 8 minutes writing an email. None of that gets logged until the end of the day, if it gets logged at all. Clio's Legal Trends Report puts billable time at 2.5 hours per day. The rest isn't lost because lawyers are lazy. It's lost because manual time entry is tedious and something always feels more urgent.
A potential client fills out your Clio Grow intake form at 2 PM. You're in court. Or on a call. Or drafting a motion. By the time you get to it at 5:30, they've already contacted two other firms. The lead is in the system. Clio captured it perfectly. But nobody responded, and speed is what converts intake leads into clients.
You emailed the client an update. They texted back with a question. You called them to clarify. None of those touchpoints are in the matter record unless someone manually logs them. So when your associate picks up the file, they're working with an incomplete picture. Important context lives in your inbox, your phone, and your memory.
IOLTA compliance is non-negotiable. Every trust transaction needs to be recorded correctly. Every invoice needs to go out on time. And when clients don't pay, someone has to follow up. Clio handles the accounting, but the data entry, the review, and the follow-up still fall on you or your staff. It's the kind of work that's easy to put off and dangerous to get wrong.
OpenClaw connects to Clio through the API and webhooks. It reads your matters, acts on events, and handles the work that keeps falling through the cracks.
New lead hits your Clio Grow intake form? OpenClaw picks it up within seconds via webhook. It reads the form data, checks the practice area, and sends a personalized response by email. Not a canned template. An actual reply based on what the potential client described. While you're in court, the lead feels heard.
OpenClaw monitors your emails and calendar events related to client matters. When you send a client email, it creates a time entry in Clio with the right matter, activity description, and duration estimate. End-of-day time reconstruction becomes a quick review instead of a 30-minute guessing game.
OpenClaw logs communications, updates activity notes, and attaches relevant documents to the right matter in Clio. When you or an associate opens a case file, the record reflects what actually happened. No gaps. No "I think I emailed them last Tuesday" moments.
OpenClaw checks Clio for unpaid invoices and sends polite follow-up reminders on your schedule. Seven days overdue gets a gentle nudge. Fourteen days gets a firmer one. You set the tone and the timing. The awkward "just checking in on that invoice" email writes itself.
When a new contact enters Clio through intake, OpenClaw runs a conflict check against your existing matters and contacts. It flags potential conflicts and surfaces them before you've spent any time on the lead. Catches things that a quick manual search might miss, like alternate spellings or related entities.
OpenClaw watches your Clio tasks and calendar entries for upcoming deadlines. Filing due in three days with no document attached? You get a heads-up. Client meeting tomorrow with no prep notes? Flagged. It reads the matter context and alerts you to things that need attention before they become problems.
OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant that connects to the tools you already use and operates them for you. Email, calendar, CRM, practice management. It reads, it responds, it takes action. It runs on your own devices, so your data stays yours.
It's not a chatbot you paste into a website. It's an operator that works behind the scenes, handling the tasks you keep putting off because there aren't enough hours in the day.
Three scenarios where OpenClaw and Clio work together.
You're in a deposition from 10 AM to 3 PM. During that time, four intake leads come through Clio Grow. OpenClaw responds to each one within a minute. It asks about their situation, checks for conflicts against your existing matters, and schedules a consultation for the two that look like good fits. You come out of the deposition to two qualified appointments on your calendar, with full context on each one.
Your associates send dozens of client emails per day. Each one is billable work, but half of it never gets logged. OpenClaw watches outgoing emails tied to client matters and creates draft time entries in Clio with the correct matter code, a description of the work, and a duration estimate. Associates review and approve them in batch at end of day. Your firm captures an extra 45 minutes of billable time per attorney per day.
Your firm has $340K in outstanding receivables over 30 days. Someone needs to follow up, but nobody wants to. OpenClaw checks Clio's billing data daily and sends follow-up emails on your schedule. Professional tone, client-specific context, escalating firmness. Clients who pay get a thank-you note logged to the matter. Clients who don't get flagged for your attention with a full payment history summary.
Three steps. We handle the technical work.
We set up API access to Clio Manage (and Clio Grow if you use it) and configure webhooks so OpenClaw can listen for new contacts, matter updates, activity events, and billing changes. This happens on day one.
Your practice areas. Your intake criteria. Your billing rules. Your communication style. We train OpenClaw on how your firm works so it responds to leads, logs time, and follows up in a way that fits your practice. Not generic. Specific to how you operate.
Intake leads get responses. Time entries get created. Invoices get follow-ups. Matter records stay updated. You review the first few days, tell us what to adjust, and we fine-tune. Within a week, it's handling the administrative side of your practice on its own.
One-time setup. No monthly fees from us. No contracts.
See if this makes sense for your practice.
Free
Full Clio integration over screen share.
$1,200
We come to your office. NYC area.
$2,400
OpenClaw + Clio works for legal practices of all sizes. See setup details for related industries:
Book a free 15-minute call. We'll look at your Clio setup together and figure out where OpenClaw can take the administrative work off your plate.
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