Clio Work for Immigration Law
Pick a task, copy the prompt, and run it on your matter in Clio Work.
Prompts
Legal Research
Summarize H-1B eligibility and timing
Transactional
Summarize the eligibility requirements for an H-1B specialty occupation petition, including the degree and job requirements, the labor condition application, and required documents. Explain the annual cap, the registration and lottery process, and the typical processing timeline, and cite the controlling regulations and USCIS guidance.
Check the bars to adjustment after entry without inspection
Transactional
Identify the statutory bars to adjustment of status under INA Section 245 for someone who entered without inspection. Explain exceptions such as 245(i) grandfathering and immediate relative rules, available waivers, and any related inadmissibility issues, and cite the controlling statutes and cases.
Check the rules for removing conditions on residence
Transactional
What are the procedural requirements for a conditional permanent resident filing Form I-751 to remove conditions? Cover the filing window, joint filing versus waiver options, required evidence, interview issues, and any grounds of inadmissibility or removal that can come up, and cite the controlling regulations.
Confirm the standard for a well-founded fear of persecution
Litigation
What is the legal standard for proving a well-founded fear of persecution in an asylum claim based on political opinion? Explain the subjective and objective elements, the nexus requirement, how imputed political opinion works, and how country conditions evidence is used, and cite recent BIA decisions.
Find cases on the Convention Against Torture standard
Litigation
Identify the leading cases on the Convention Against Torture standard and the evidence needed to show it's more likely than not the applicant would be tortured. Explain the government acquiescence requirement and how courts weigh country conditions evidence, and summarize each case's key holding.
Summarize rulings on cancellation of removal
Litigation
Summarize recent appellate decisions on cancellation of removal for non-permanent residents, focusing on the exceptional and extremely unusual hardship standard. Explain the other eligibility requirements, how courts review hardship findings, and cite the key cases.
Document Analysis
Build a client's immigration history
Transactional
Build a chronology of the client's immigration history, including visa statuses, entries and exits, and applications, to support adjustment of status or removal defense. Provide a table with the date, event, status, source document, and supporting evidence on file, and flag any gaps in status or missing documents.
Find gaps in an application before filing
Transactional
Review the documents in this matter and identify any gaps, inconsistencies, or missing evidence in the application before we submit it. Provide a checklist with each issue, why it matters, and what we need to fix it.
Review a sponsorship agreement or retainer
Transactional
Review this employment sponsorship agreement or immigration retainer and identify the client's obligations, the fee structure and who pays which fees, and any scope limitations. Provide a table with the provision, what it means, and any risks or unclear terms to raise with the client.
Find documents you still need from the client
Transactional
Review this matter and identify the documents or updated records we still need from the client, including immigration records, relationship evidence, sponsor financial documents, civil records, and anything needed for the interview or an RFE. Sort them into required, recommended, and optional items. Then draft a client-friendly email requesting the outstanding documents, a short internal checklist for staff, and a list of items the attorney should review before we contact the client.
Compare key facts across the case file
Transactional
Compare the key facts across the matter overview. Check whether addresses, cohabitation dates, marriage timeline, status history, travel history, employment history, and financial facts are consistent. Provide a table with the fact, where it appears, whether the documents match, why any discrepancy matters, and what follow-up is needed.
Audit a matter for filing readiness
Transactional
Audit this matter for filing readiness. Identify information that's recorded, missing, waiting on the client, or needs attorney review. For each gap, list the owner, next step, and risk if it isn't resolved, and escalate only issues that could block filing or create a compliance or client service problem.
Break down the charges in a Notice to Appear
Litigation
From this Notice to Appear or removal order, extract the charged grounds of removal and the factual allegations, and identify the defenses and forms of relief that may be available. Provide the results as a table with the charge, allegation, possible defense, and evidence needed.
Summarize credibility findings from a merits hearing
Litigation
Review these immigration court merits hearing transcripts and summarize the judge's credibility findings, including the specific inconsistencies or demeanor issues relied on. Identify possible issues for appeal and whether each was preserved, with page and line references.
Pull removal charges and deadlines from case documents
Litigation
From these Notices to Appear, extract the charged grounds of removability, possible defenses and relief, filing deadlines, and evidence needed. Provide a table with one row per charge and flag any defective or contestable allegations.
Skills
Skills save the way your firm does a task, so anyone at your firm gets the same result.
Get consistent, high-quality work from everyone at your firm, every time. A skill saves a task you repeat in your firm’s format and standards, so anyone on your team can run it. Use skills for document analyses, client letters, and strategy recommendations.
Build a response to an RFE or NOID
Restates each USCIS request element by element, maps it to evidence, and drafts the response argument.
Create This Skill
Create a skill that reads an uploaded RFE or NOID, restates each request element by element, and maps each one to the evidence already filed and the evidence still needed. It should then draft the response argument and mark every citation for verification.
Turn consult notes into an eligibility memo
Turns raw consult notes into a structured eligibility assessment ranked by viability.
Create This Skill
Create a skill that turns my consult notes, intake form, and client emails into an eligibility memo. It should cover the client's current status, possible pathways ranked by viability, red flags to resolve first, documents needed, and a realistic timeline and fee range for each pathway.
Draft an employer petition support letter
Drafts the employer support letter and ties the job duties to the classification requirements.
Create This Skill
Create a skill that drafts an employer support letter from the job description, org chart, and credentials in this matter. It should tie each job duty to the visa classification requirements and flag any claim the documents don't support.
Draft Templates
Draft documents from a prompt, or fill your firm’s own templates with details from the matter.
Get from a blank page to a first draft in minutes. Describe the document, and Clio Work drafts it from your matter’s facts and your jurisdiction’s law. Or turn your firm’s own documents into templates that fill in party names, dates, and terms from the matter.
Draft from a prompt
Write a brief supporting withholding of removal
Transactional
Write a brief in support of withholding of removal under INA Section 241(b)(3) based on membership in a particular social group. Address immutability, particularity, and social distinction, the nexus to the feared harm, the clear probability standard, and the government's inability or unwillingness to protect, and cite the controlling cases.
Draft a BIA appeal brief on cancellation of removal
Litigation
Draft a brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals challenging an immigration judge's denial of cancellation of removal for a non-permanent resident. Argue that the judge failed to weigh the hardship factors together, including the U.S. citizen child's ongoing medical treatment and the family's financial reliance on the client. Address the exceptional and extremely unusual hardship standard and the standard of review, and cite the controlling BIA and circuit decisions.
Build your firm templates
Immigration Engagement Letter
Fills the firm's fee agreement for each case type. Upload your firm's version, and Clio Work turns the client name, case type, attorney fee, and filing fees into fields it fills from each matter. Then review the suggested rule that adds the derivative family members paragraph only when a spouse or children are included.
Employer Support Letter
Drafts the employer letter for an employment-based petition. Upload your firm's version, and Clio Work turns the employer, beneficiary, job title, duties, degree, and salary into fields it fills from each matter. Then review the suggested rule that switches the classification requirements section based on whether the petition is H-1B, L-1, or O-1.
Client Document Request Letter
Tells the client exactly which documents to gather for their case. Upload your firm's version, and Clio Work turns the client name, case type, document list, and due date into fields it fills from each matter. Then review the suggested rule that adds the certified translation paragraph only when any documents are not in English.
Visualizations
Visualizations make charts, calendars, and diagrams from your matter data.
Build the exact view you need, right when you need it. Describe it in plain language, and Clio Work builds an interactive tool from your matter data, such as a case chronology or a settlement calculator. Download it and share it with clients and colleagues.
Lay out a client's immigration history
Lays out the client's entries, statuses, and filings on one timeline.
Create This Visualization
Using visualizations, create an interactive timeline of every entry, exit, visa status, application, and decision, with the source document noted for each event and any gaps in status flagged. Use the documents in this matter.
Track case status on a dashboard
Shows where each pending application or petition stands.
Create This Visualization
Using visualizations, create an interactive dashboard of each application showing the form type, receipt number, filing date, current status, and next deadline, with upcoming deadlines highlighted. Use the filings and receipt notices in this matter.
Compare a client's immigration options
Compares the immigration options open to a client.
Create This Visualization
Using visualizations, create an interactive side-by-side chart of each possible immigration pathway with eligibility, key requirements, bars or risks, estimated timeline, and fees. Use the consult notes and documents in this matter.
Check which evidence is in the file
Shows which supporting documents are in the file and which are missing.
Create This Visualization
Using visualizations, create an interactive checklist comparing the documents in this matter against the evidence required for the pending application, marking each item as received, incomplete, or missing, with a progress summary at the top.
Put removal hearings and deadlines on a calendar
Shows every hearing and filing deadline in a removal case.
Create This Visualization
Using visualizations, create an interactive calendar of master and individual hearings and filing deadlines, with a countdown to the next event and any missing dates flagged. Use the Notice to Appear, hearing notices, and court orders in this matter.
Reconcile inconsistent facts across client documents
Shows where names, dates, and other facts conflict across documents before you file.
Create This Visualization
Using visualizations, create an interactive reconciliation of the facts in this client's documents. Compare names, dates of birth, addresses, travel dates, employment history, and family details across every document. Flag each inconsistency with the documents and pages involved, and list what needs to be resolved before filing.