Three numbers from your last month-end close give you your realization lockup, collection lockup and total lockup, benchmarked against the 2025 medians. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Step 1
Take them from your last month-end close. The calculation runs entirely in your browser.
Total fees billed over the last 12 months.
Enter an amount above zero.
Work performed but not yet invoiced.
Invoiced but not yet paid.
Step 2
Against the 2025 medians from Clio's Legal Trends Report.
in cash released, with no rate increase and no realization risk.
Realization lockup = (WIP ÷ annual fees billed) × 365. Collection lockup = (AR ÷ annual fees billed) × 365. Medians: Clio Legal Trends Report, 2025 — a sample that skews toward smaller firms, so treat them as orientation rather than a like-for-like peer set. How lockup is calculated →
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