Build arguments in Clio Work

With Clio Work, you have access to Vincent, an AI-powered legal assistant with access to an expansive legal library. With Vincent’s Build an Argument workflow, you can describe the factual background of a matter along with a goal that you hope to achieve, and ask Vincent to suggest and build arguments along a few different lines of thought. Where other workflows are strictly analytical, this workflow sources from a comprehensive library of legal sources to build suggested arguments with the aim of achieving your stated goal. When Vincent builds an argument, it will also provide you with citations to the legal documents it sourced from to create the argument, thereby making it easy for you to review the response. You can continue your conversation with Vincent to ask for modifications or additional information to ensure that the final argument is exactly what you need.

Build an Argument with Vincent

1. In Clio Work, click Vincent in your navigation panel.
2. Optional: If you use Clio Manage along with Vincent in Clio Work, click Select Matter to search for and select a matter to associated your argument with.
3. Find and select the Build an Argument from the list of available workflows.

4. Describe the Factual Background and Goals that you would like the argument to focus around and select the jurisdiction.

   Note: The current jurisdictions supported for building an argument are Chile, Colombia, the European Union, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with Brazilian, French, and Portuguese content available upon request.
5. Click the submit icon (blue arrow).
   • Vincent will provide a few ideas for arguments.
6. Use the checkboxes to select as many of these options as you like or as you wish.
7. Optional: Once you select a line of argument, you can use the icon pencil to modify it.
   • When you edit the text, you will note that different parts of the text are enclosed within predefined opening and closing tags that describes the purpose of the text. For example
     
     <factual-assumption>Description of a known fact</factual-assumption>
     
     Make sure to keep the relevant parts of the suggested argument within each of these predefined tags so that Vincent has the best opportunity to provide powerful arguments.
8. Once you’ve selected from the suggested arguments, click the submit icon (blue arrow) again.

Vincent will provide you with a response to each option you selected. To learn more about navigating responses, refer to Navigate Vincent's environment. Like research questions, the responses Vincent provides will include citations and a list of legal authorities. Learn more about that here.