Build the record at client onboarding
Capture the client, the public body, and the tribunal on day one, then add the order or action, the statutory authority, and the known dates.
Administrative law software that keeps you ready for every public body decision
Clio is the legal AI platform for administrative cases. It keeps the notice, the decision-making record, deadlines, research, and submissions on one file, from the public body’s first action through review, appeal, or compliance. When a decision arrives, you’re ready to respond.
Manage the case from first notice through hearing, review, and appeal
Track every verified deadline
Use custom dates, tasks, and reminders for each proceeding, with the source notice on the case.
Research with the record in view
Read the statutes, secondary legislation, cases, and rules that control the decision with the decision-making record open, then prepare submissions or hearing materials for your review.
Keep the whole case together
Evidence, orders, and reconsideration or appeal work live on the case, alongside your time, bills, payments, and approved client updates.
Work the procedural route from notice to decision
An administrative case often starts with a notice, a decision, or an enforcement action, and the clock may already be running. Clio captures the public body, the parties, and the proceeding during client onboarding, so the case opens with the dates and the record in place while you confirm jurisdiction and remedy.
- Open the case around the notice. Record the service or decision date, the known deadlines, and the requested outcome.
- Know what’s due. Known deadlines go on the case from the start.
- Start the record. Applications, correspondence, and prior decisions sit with the case from day one.
Hold the decision-making record in one place
Applications, correspondence, prior decisions, transcripts, and exhibits live on the case, so the record you build is the record you work from. Documents you collect during client onboarding join the file, so you can compare it with the record the decision-maker relied on and spot what’s missing. Record verification and forum-specific requirements stay your firm’s responsibility.
- Keep every filing. Applications, correspondence, and prior decisions stay on the case.
- Add the hearing record. Transcripts and exhibits sit with the rest of the file.
- Work from one record. Reconsideration and appeal start from the record you built.
Date each deadline from its source
A filing or appeal date may run from service, issuance, receipt, publication, or a hearing event. Calendaring keeps each date on the case as a task and calendar event, with the notice, decision, or order behind it.
- Build every date. Custom dates, task lists, and reminders track the public body and tribunal deadlines you verify.
- See the stage. Matter stages show where each proceeding stands.
Research the authority and prepare the submission
Legal research reads the statutes, secondary legislation, cases, and procedural rules that control the decision against a library of over 1 billion legal documents, each source linked for you to open and verify. With the notice and decision-making record on file, you can frame each question around the case’s procedural posture.
- Check the governing authority. Weigh each source before you rely on it.
- Draft from the record. Drafting prepares a submission, costs argument, skeleton argument, or client letter from the case, for your review.
- Research by jurisdiction. Cited authority covers UK legislation and case law.
Prepare the hearing and keep the work accurate
Evidence lists, witness statements, and the hearing bundle stay on the case, alongside your time, billing, and client funds. Drafting can prepare a witness statement or grounds for judicial review from the record, for you to approve before it goes out.
- Plan past the hearing. The hearing bundle stays on the case, so reconsideration or appeal work starts from the record you built.
- Keep time and billing accurate. Record time and disbursements, and run billing.
- Manage client funds. Hold them in client account, separate from the firm’s office account.
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One of the things that bothered me before was not being able to take my time over things. And now finally I’ve got more time to think about things. And that’s only a benefit to me and the client who’s instructing me.
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Administrative law software FAQs
What is administrative law software?
Administrative law software keeps the notice, the decision-making record, the procedural route, the deadlines, the submissions, and the hearing in one connected file, so the work holds together from the public body’s first action through review, appeal, or compliance. Get a demo.
Can Clio manage administrative proceedings?
Yes. Each proceeding runs on its own file, with the public body, the parties, the tribunal, and the procedural stage recorded during client onboarding. Matter stages, tasks, and reminders show where the proceeding stands, from the first notice through the hearing and decision. Get a demo.
Does Clio calculate administrative deadlines?
Clio doesn’t calculate tribunal or court deadlines for you. Custom dates, tasks, and reminders track the deadlines you verify, on the same file as the notice or decision behind them. Get a demo.
Can Clio keep the decision-making record together?
Yes. Applications, correspondence, prior decisions, transcripts, and exhibits live on the case, and record verification and forum-specific requirements stay your firm’s responsibility. Tasks and reminders track what’s still outstanding, so you can see the gaps before the hearing or review. Get a demo.
Does Clio’s legal research cover secondary legislation?
Yes. Clio’s legal AI researches statutes, secondary legislation, cases, and procedural rules across UK law, with each answer linked to its source for you to open and verify. You can research the governing authority with the decision-making record in view on the case. Get a demo.
Can Clio file with a tribunal or a court?
Public body, tribunal, and court filing systems vary by forum. Clio doesn’t currently offer electronic filing in the UK, so filings go through the forum’s own system. Save each filed copy and confirmation to the case, then set the next deadline it triggers. Get a demo.
Can Clio support administrative appeals and judicial review?
Yes. The decision-making record, hearing materials, and decision stay on the case, so reconsideration, appeal, or judicial review work starts from the record you built. Custom deadlines track the appeal window you verify, and Clio’s legal AI helps prepare the skeleton argument for your review. Get a demo.
How do I bill administrative cases in Clio?
Bill hourly, by fixed fee, or both on the same case, and record time and disbursements as the work happens. Bills draw from the case, and client funds held in client account stay on separate ledgers. Your firm stays responsible for compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules (in England and Wales) or your law society’s accounts rules. Get a demo.