Last month, I reported on research into the impact of COVID-19 on law firms and clients, compiled by the practice management company Clio, based on anonymous data from its customers and from surveys of lawyers and consumers.
While that research found that the pandemic had caused a sharp drop in new legal matters coming to law firms, new data out today from Clio shows signs that the legal market is recovering, with a spike of new matters through the first week of June from -26% to -14% compared to baseline.
While still negative compared to baseline, Jack Newton, Clio cofounder and CEO, told me that he sees that as a very promising sign of recovery and says it was the largest spike in new matters since the pandemic began.



