Jack Newton, CEO and co-founder of Clio, poses for a photograph at the company's headquarters in Burnaby, B.C., on March 6, 2020When the founders of Clio launched the beta version of their legal practice management software at the American Bar Association Techshow in 2008, the legal profession was in dire need of a technological makeover.
The company has also leveraged that data to position itself a change leader, publishing an annual Legal Trends Report. “Given the platform is highly secure with layers of security gave us the confidence to give the platform a try,” he says. “Ultimately, technology is changing the shape of lawyering,” Mr. Ahluwalia says. “Lawyers are increasingly untethered from fixed locations – today there are more internationally mobile generalists providing counsel across jurisdictions and they need secure and reliable technology to operate in such a manner.”One of the early hurdles for Clio was convincing a risk-averse industry to embrace cloud technology.
The Canadian regulatory regime also makes it difficult for most to imagine new ways of serving clients.