clearbrief.com

What It Is

Clearbrief is a legal AI writing tool for litigators, in-house legal teams, courts, and arbitration institutions. Its core use case is drafting, verifying, and filing legal documents in Microsoft Word. It emphasizes “cite facts, not fake cases,” meaning that each factual assertion should, as far as possible, be tied to clickable, verifiable evidence or legal sources—reducing the risk of fabricated cases and hallucinations commonly associated with generative AI.

Core Capabilities

Judging from the product materials, Clearbrief is not just a text generator. Instead, it supports the full litigation-writing workflow with fact-checking, Add Fact-Cite, evidence extraction, Table Builder, timelines, summaries, investigation reports, Table of Authorities, exhibit lists, and hyperlinked filing bundles. Its LexisNexis integration allows users with an existing LexisNexis subscription to view legal citations inside Clearbrief’s Word add-in and automatically link to authoritative sources. The site does not disclose the underlying model, accuracy metrics, or a public API, but it emphasizes that lawyers can verify outputs in real time. This positions it more as “traceable AI” than a fully automated legal ghostwriter.

Pricing and Trial

Public pricing is relatively straightforward: the Solo plan costs $300/month/user, while Enterprise Unlimited is custom-priced, supports volume discounts, and includes 1:1 training. The terms mention that a free trial period may be available and that subscriptions renew automatically after the trial ends, but no specific duration or usage allowance is stated. For U.S. law firms with up to three attorneys, Clearbrief also offers a limited 15% discount on new LexisNexis subscriptions.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are deep Microsoft Word integration, a workflow that fits how lawyers actually write, and strong citation, evidence, and fact-checking capabilities. It also discloses SOC 2 Type 2 certification, states that customer data is not used to train large models, and supports bring-your-own cloud storage. The limitations are its relatively high price and clear focus on the U.S. legal system and English-language documents. Support for Chinese, PRC law, cross-border compliance, and domestic Chinese payment methods is not disclosed, and there is limited transparency around the underlying model and objective performance data.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Clearbrief is best suited to U.S. litigators, boutique firms, large law firms, in-house legal teams, and legal teams that need to submit hyperlinked filing bundles. For users in China handling U.S. litigation or English legal materials, it may be valuable; for Chinese legal research and Chinese-language drafting, it should be evaluated carefully. The site does not clearly state whether direct access from mainland China or local payment methods are supported, so a trial or demo is recommended. Comparable products include CoCounsel, Harvey, Lexis+, vLex/Fastcase, as well as general-purpose models such as ChatGPT and Claude Pro.