Your own clauses, assembled into a clean first draft in minutes.
Keep the clauses you trust in one library, with your alternates and a note on when to use each. Pick what the deal needs, type the names and dates once, and download a Word document whose numbering and cross-references are already right. ClauseShelf never writes a word for you: every clause is yours.
For lawyers who draft NDAs, services agreements, contractor agreements, engagement letters, leases and similar contracts every month, and still build each one by copying from the last.
Today, every contract starts with an old one
Hunt for the good version
Open three past deals to find the indemnity you rewrote last spring, because the template folder has the old one.
Copy, paste, replace
Find-and-replace the names, then spot the last client's name that survived in a footnote, and fix the formatting Word broke.
Renumber by hand
Drop one section and every "Section 7" after it now points to the wrong place.
Or pay someone
Send it to a freelancer at $50 to $80 an hour, then review the draft line by line anyway.
Ten contracts a month at 30 minutes each is five hours of copying and fixing, before any real legal work starts.
With ClauseShelf
Your library, from your own documents
Upload the Word contracts you already trust. They are split at the headings into clauses for you to name, tag and keep, with nothing rewritten. Add alternates, such as broad and narrow or your fallback position, each with a short note on when to use it.
Pick, choose, fill in once
Start from your own outline for an NDA, a services agreement or a lease. Tick the optional clauses, choose an alternate where you have one, and type each party name, date and state once. Every place it appears is filled.
Check, then download for Word
Before you download, it lists anything left blank, defined terms used but never defined, and clauses past your own review date. The Word file uses your firm's styles, with automatic numbering and cross-references Word keeps up to date.
Try it: a mutual NDA from one lawyer's library
Change the clauses and watch the draft, its numbering and its cross-references update. The clauses are fictional samples written for this demo, not legal advice. Nothing is saved or sent.
- Definitions
Use when your client mostly receives information.
- Use and Protection Firm standard
- Exclusions Firm standard
- 12 months
Add when the parties' teams will work closely together.
- Term
Your default for short evaluations.
- Return of Materials Firm standard
- Remedies Firm standard
- Governing Law and Venue Firm standard
Before you download
In the real tool this downloads a Word file in your firm's styles, with automatic numbering and cross-references.
What ClauseShelf doesn't do
It does one thing: turns the clauses you already trust into a clean first draft, fast.
- It never writes, suggests or rewrites clause wording, and gives no legal advice: every clause comes from your own library
- It is for licensed lawyers and their staff only, not a do-it-yourself contract tool for clients or the public
- It does not come with a ready-made clause library: you start from your own documents
- No contract review, redlining, negotiation, e-signature or contract repository: it is not a CLM
- No Microsoft Word add-in at launch: it works in your browser and downloads Word documents
Pricing
Free 14-day trial. Billed monthly in US dollars, cancel any time. Sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Solo
For one lawyer with their own library.
- 1 lawyer, plus 1 assistant or paralegal
- Unlimited clauses, alternates and documents
- Import your Word contracts
- Word download in your own styles
- Checks for blanks, undefined terms and review dates
Firm
For firms of 2 to 10 lawyers sharing one library.
- Everything in Solo
- One shared firm library, plus personal clauses
- A named owner and review date for each clause
- Only owners can change approved clauses
- Assistants and paralegals included at no charge
Why not Word Quick Parts, a template tool or an AI drafting assistant?
Quick Parts stores text but not alternates, notes, variables or review dates, and leaves numbering to you. Template tools such as Clio Draft, Gavel or HotDocs automate a whole document through a questionnaire someone has to build and maintain. AI drafting assistants suggest new wording that you then have to check. ClauseShelf sits in between: your own clauses, put together in a few clicks, nothing written by a machine.
Questions
What is a clause library and contract assembly tool?
A clause library is one organized place for the contract clauses you trust, with the alternates you use for different deals. Contract assembly means building a new contract by picking clauses from that library instead of copying from an old contract. ClauseShelf does both for solo lawyers and small firms, and downloads the result as a Word document.
Does ClauseShelf write contracts or give legal advice?
No. It does not write, suggest or change clause wording and gives no legal advice. Every clause comes from your own library and you decide which ones go in. It is a drafting tool for lawyers, like a better template folder.
Can my clients use it to make their own contracts?
No. ClauseShelf is offered only to licensed lawyers and the assistants and paralegals who work for them. Documents it assembles are for a lawyer to review and send.
Can I import the contracts and templates I already have?
Yes. Upload Word documents (.docx). They are split at the headings and numbered sections into clauses for you to name, tag and save; nothing is rewritten. Scanned PDFs are not supported at launch.
Does it work with Microsoft Word?
Yes. ClauseShelf works in your browser and downloads a normal Word document (.docx) using your firm's styles, with real automatic numbering and cross-references, so you keep editing in Word as usual. A Word add-in is not available at launch.
How is it different from Word Quick Parts or Building Blocks?
Quick Parts saves pieces of text. It does not keep alternates with notes, fill the same names and dates everywhere, check for undefined terms or blanks, remind you to review a clause, or fix numbering and cross-references when you add or remove a section.
How is it different from Clio Draft, Gavel, HotDocs or Woodpecker?
Those are document automation tools: someone builds a template with a questionnaire for a whole document, which pays off for high-volume forms. ClauseShelf is lighter: you pick clauses from your library for each deal, with no questionnaire to build or maintain.
How is it different from Spellbook or other AI drafting tools?
Those suggest or generate new contract language that you then have to check. ClauseShelf does not generate language at all: every word in the draft comes from clauses you wrote or approved.
Is client information kept confidential?
Your library and documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, are visible only to people you invite, and are never used to train AI models. Client details live only in the names and dates you type into a draft, and you can delete a draft after downloading it. You can export your whole library at any time.
Which practice areas and states does it suit?
Transactional work where the same kinds of contracts come up again and again: business and commercial contracts, startups, employment, real estate leases, technology and IP licensing. Because the clauses are yours, it works for any US state; governing law is just another value you fill in. English-language contracts only at launch.
How much time does it save?
That depends on your contracts. If a first draft takes 30 minutes of copying and fixing today and a few minutes in ClauseShelf, ten contracts a month gives back several hours, which at most billing rates covers the price many times over.
How much does it cost?
$49 per month for a solo lawyer, including one assistant or paralegal. Firms of 2 to 10 lawyers pay $59 per lawyer per month for a shared firm library, with assistants and paralegals included. Free 14-day trial, month to month.
When does it launch?
We are working with the first lawyers from the waitlist. If you can share two or three of your own contracts to build your library with us, say so on the form and you will get early access.
Join the waitlist
Tell us a little about your practice and the contracts you draft most. We will reach out when your spot opens.