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Law firm lockup calculator

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

Your three numbers

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

Your lockup

Against the 2025 medians from Clio's Legal Trends Report.

Realization lockup WIP waiting to be invoiced
43days
Median 43 days
Collection lockup Invoices waiting to be paid
32days
Median 32 days
Total lockup Work performed to cash banked
75days
Median 93 daysWell-run firms: under 60
$2.7M

in cash released, with no rate increase and no realization risk.

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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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