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title: "Best Benefit Ever: Lawyers Take to the Cloud"
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**What’s the benefit?** To make members’ lives a little bit easier, the [Washington State Bar Association (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wsba.org/)
 (WSBA) has partnered with cloud-solution-provider Clio to give members a 10 percent discount on Clio’s marquee practice management software platform. As Charity Anastasio, WSBA’s practice management advisor, [explained in a statement (opens in a new tab)](http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/07/p5706077/washington-state-bar-association-and-clio-partner-to-offer-practice-man)
: “Technology often helps lawyers meet the growing demands of their practice. Clio, a cloud-based practice management solution, is intended to help lawyers to maximize their efficiency and improve their workflow while also offering mobility to their practice.”

**Why it works for members:** Clio’s practice management software has won accolades largely because it was built with the advice of legal experts from across the country in mind, and it addresses frequent concerns with [timekeeping, billing, retainer management, and more (opens in a new tab)](https://www.goclio.com/partnerships/bar-associations/)
. Plus, it’s not like the WSBA is the first bar association to adopt Clio: In fact, it joins 35 other states that participate in Clio’s Bar Association Affinity Program.

**Other perks:** WSBA offers [an entire suite of additional software and platform discounts to members (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wsba.org/Resources-and-Services/Sponsored-Member-Benefits)
, including editing software from WordRake, file synchronization from Citrix, and virtual receptionist service from Ruby Receptionists, along with more traditional benefits, such as legal research from Casemaker.

[Morgan Little](https://associationsnow.com/author/morgan-little/)

Morgan Little is a contributor to Associations Now.

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