Clio has taken legaltech research to a new frontier—inside the lawyer’s brain.
In the tenth edition of its Legal Trends Report, the Vancouver-founded legaltech giant partnered with neuroanalytics firm Neuro-Insight to measure how technology affects the way lawyers think and feel at work.
Using patented brain-mapping technology, researchers monitored 63 legal professionals as they completed tasks like client intake, billing, and document review—both with traditional tools and with Clio’s AI platform.
The results were striking: overall cognitive load dropped 25% when using Clio, emotional strain fell 16%, and accuracy doubled during AI-assisted document review. The findings suggest that AI can not only improve efficiency but also ease the mental burden of legal work.
“Lawyers experience lower cognitive strain, higher accuracy, and stronger engagement in their work,” said Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence. “These are meaningful gains that point to a more sustainable and rewarding future for legal professionals.”
As burnout and attrition remain top industry concerns, Clio’s neurological study marks a new era of evidence-based design for legaltech—quantifying, for the first time, how smarter tools can literally make legal practice lighter on the mind.