Clio today (30 September) announced the acquisition of Learned Hand, an AI company building technology specifically for judges and courts. The acquisition marks Clio’s first direct expansion into the judiciary, following the hire in August of Pablo Arredondo, co-founder of Casetext, as senior vice president, judiciary and in September of former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack as general manager, judiciary,
“AI is changing the pace and volume of legal work across the entire system, but that progress only matters if the courts can keep up,” said Jack Newton, CEO and founder of Clio. “If lawyers and litigants can move dramatically faster while judges and court teams remain constrained by the same capacity, the bottleneck simply shifts to the courts. We have spent nearly two decades building the technology, legal data, and infrastructure that connect the legal system. Learned Hand gives us the opportunity to bring that foundation directly into the judiciary and help build courts that are as capable, modern, and resilient as the legal system around them increasingly demands.”
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Learned Hand has built an AI workspace for judges and clerks that connects with court case management systems and helps them understand the matters before them, work through filings and disputed issues, conduct legal research, and prepare bench memoranda and draft orders tailored to the procedural requirements of each matter.
Learned Hand’s technology is already being used by courts across the United States, including the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the nation’s largest trial court.
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“We started Learned Hand because judges and clerks needed technology built around the realities of judicial work, especially as the volume and complexity of matters continued to grow,” said Klapper. “We’ve had the privilege of building alongside judges and learning what it takes for technology to earn a place in the courtroom. With Clio, we can take everything we’ve learned and built for the judiciary at a scale this opportunity deserves.”
The acquisition brings Learned Hand together with Clio’s legal and court data. Learned Hand will become part of Clio’s judiciary business and form the foundation of its products for courts. Clio says that it will continue supporting Learned Hand’s existing deployments and pilots while investing in its technology and team.