Top Legal Tech Startups in 2025

Legal technology continues to rapidly change the practice of law—and today’s legal tech startups promise to unlock even more innovation for law firms.

Legal tech has become foundational to the operations of most successful law firms. In fact, the latest Legal Trends Report found that firms with good revenue are more likely to use technology for tasks like billing and accounting, client-facing communications, and document management. At the same time, legal tech startups are finding even more creative and cutting-edge ways to innovate.

Put simply, the best legal tech startups are disrupting the industry. How? by creating new ways to automate, digitize, and streamline legal workflows and tasks.

But what are the top legal tech startups to watch in 2025?

In this blog post, we’re putting the spotlight on legal tech startups. We’ll start by outlining the role of tech startups in today’s legal industry. We’ll also delve into factors to consider when choosing legal technology solutions for your firm. And, we’ll highlight the top legal tech startups we’re keeping in view in 2025.

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Top legal tech startups in 2025

In late 2024, Clio highlighted nine groundbreaking legal tech apps at the Integration Awards, due to each one of them revolutionizing the legal technology landscape. The three categories were Best New App, Best Practice of Law App, and Best Business of Law App.

Below, we highlight all nine of these notable startups, what they do for the legal space, and who ultimately ended up taking home the awards.

Tempello

Tempello uses AI to review all emails and generate accurate time entries that are then sent to Clio. This saves lawyers and their staff hours in administrative work each week. It also ensures all billable emails are searched for time entries, meaning you’ll capture more billable hours. Tempello increases your law firm’s efficiency, boosts revenue, and integrates seamlessly with Clio. Tempello won Clio’s 2024 Integration Award for Best New App. 

Attorney Share

Attorney Share makes it easier for lawyers and law firms to send, receive, and manage their referrals. Their platform allows attorneys to monetize all potential referrals, saves you time and energy on chasing down referral partners, and integrates with a variety of platforms, including Clio. Attorney Share was a finalist for Best New App at Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards. 

Legalbook.io

Legalbook.io is a contract review and assessment platform that enables lawyers to accurately review contracts easily and efficiently. The platform uses AI to offer comprehensive contract analysis, provide actionable insights, and suggest clauses and risk classifications for contract drafting. Legalbook.io was a finalist for Best New App at Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards. 

Proof

Proof enables lawyers to quickly and reliably serve legal documents anywhere in the US. Rather than searching for process servers or managing the serve yourself, you can use Proof to serve documents, track the progress, and simplify paperwork, all from within Clio. Proof was the winner of the 2024 Integration Award for Best App for the Practice of Law.   

YoCierge

YoCierge helps lawyers quickly and efficiently get the documents they need for their cases, such as medical records, insurance documents, and other important files. It enables lawyers to focus on their cases, instead of dealing with the administration of record-gathering. Using technology to streamline the process, YoCierge delivers the documents quickly and securely, and provides tools to track the request’s progress and organize files. YoCierge was a finalist for Best App for the Practice of Law at Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards. 

Hivelight

Hivelight allows you to manage your caseload by summarizing your matters and sorting them by urgency, roadmapping the work so you can delegate tasks, and create automated workflows to reduce manual effort. You can also obtain real-time insights into your firm’s performance and generate detailed reports. Hivelight was a finalist at Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards for Best App for the Practice of Law. 

Case Status

Case Status is mobile client engagement software that allows lawyers to keep clients informed and engaged without spending endless hours in phone calls or writing emails. Lawyers can use Case Status to automatically keep clients informed about their case progress; provide a portal clients can use to see updates, milestones, and next steps; improve client satisfaction and trust by keeping clients engaged in their case. Case Status was the winner of Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards for Best App for the Business of Law. 

Estateably

Estateably helps lawyers manage estate administration and probate processes with tools that simplify tasks. Lawyers can use Estateably to inventory assets, track expenses, and generate court forms. It also enables lawyers to manage all case information in one place and facilitates collaboration. Estatebaly was a finalist for Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards for Best App for the Business of Law. 

CallRail

CallRail makes marketing easier by tracking where leads come from so they can determine which marketing efforts are working best. Using unique phone numbers for campaigns, lawyers can see which efforts are bringing in more clients, identify the best strategies moving forward, and obtain insights into client conversations. This increases your ability to maximize your return on investment in your marketing. CallRail was a finalist for Clio’s 2024 Integration Awards for Best App for the Business of Law. 

Choosing the right legal tech partner for your firm

While legal technology can offer many benefits to law firms, not all legal tech solutions will be the right fit for your firm. When considering any legal software, it’s important to carefully vet the provider and the tool itself.

Here are some key questions to ask when choosing a legal tech startup solution:

• What is the startup’s track record and reputation? Even if a legal startup is relatively new, take the time to evaluate the company’s history and reputation.
• Is the product something that your firm actually needs and will use? There may be times when a tech startup develops a unique and innovative product, but it’s just not a fit for your law firm. Consider the specific needs and goals of your law firm, and make sure the solution is a fit.
• What support does it offer? Similarly, it’s important that a new service will be easy to use and supported should you run into any questions or issues. Assess the customer support and training options offered to ensure you won’t run into problems down the road.
• Is it scalable? It’s also key to assess the scalability and flexibility of any software before implementing it. Can the software grow with your firm?
• Can it integrate with your other software and systems? Integration capabilities with your firm’s existing legal systems can be a valuable way to further streamline workflows.
• Is it secure? As with any tool or service you consider for your firm, security is paramount. Evaluable any potential legal startups for their data security and privacy measures.

For more tips on how to make informed decisions when selecting legal technology from tech providers or legal startups, check out our legal technology buyer’s guide here.

Why legal tech startups are transforming the industry

As we unpack in greater detail in our guide to legal technology, legal technology can be broadly defined as technology—typically, software—that provides legal services and supports the legal industry.

In practice, legal technology is a type of tech that helps lawyers and law firms work more efficiently. Legal technology impacts law firms and legal professionals in many ways, including:

• Improving overall productivity and efficiency, with tasks like billing, office administration, document creation and management, and legal research.
• Saving time, which promotes cost efficiency and helps improve work-life balance.
• Streamlining communication, both within firms and with clients.

What differentiates legal technology providers from legal tech startups?

In general, a “startup” is a company in the early stages of its operations. It’s focused on developing an innovative product or service to solve a problem or meet a consumer demand.

Similarly, a legal tech startup is a company focused on using technology. They find new solutions and develop innovative services related to the practice of law and the legal industry.

Take Clio, for example. While Clio is no longer a startup, from the start, Clio’s cloud-based practice management software used technology to disrupt the legal industry by helping law firms to use the cloud to work more efficiently and offer more client-centered legal services.

While each company has a specific focus, today’s legal tech startups can help streamline legal processes in a variety of ways, including:

• Automation: Repetitive tasks can be completed faster, easier, and with less chance of error, thanks to automation.
• Artificial intelligence (AI): AI-powered tools created by legal startups can streamline legal tasks like legal research, document review, and more.
• Client service: Tools can make communication easier (such as case management portals or secure document sharing tools), which improve the client experience of legal clients.
• Court processes: From streamlining court reporting to e-filing solutions.
• Improving access to justice: By streamlining processes to save law firms time and money, legal tech startups help to make legal services more affordable. Additionally, some tech startups focus on finding new ways to help firms offer more equitable access to justice.

Final notes on legal tech startups

In today’s tech-driven legal landscape, adopting legal technology has become foundational to the success of many law firms. With the right legal tech, firms are able to work more efficiently, automate tedious processes, and deliver better client service.

Clio’s recent Legal Trends Report highlights how law firms are embracing AI and what impact that technology is having on the legal industry. Download your copy to learn more. 

When it comes to the most innovative solutions, legal tech startups are driving rapid advancements in how legal technology can help law firms—particularly as AI powers new workflows.

While the above list of top legal tech startups is a solid starting point for your search for potential solutions, it’s important to research tools that can help your firm’s unique needs. A great place to start for this? Take some time to browse Clio’s App Directory and learn more about our integration partners and how they might help your law firm.

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We published this blog post in March 2024. Last updated: December 23, 2024.

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