The theme of this year’s ClioCon, an annual legal technology conference produced by legal software provider Clio, was “Momentum.”. During the conference, which was held October 7 and 8 in Austin, Texas, Clio CEO and Founder Jack Newton used the image of a flywheel to illustrate the theme. A flywheel takes energy to start spinning but then builds momentum as it continues. This represents the “perpetual motion” that law firms need, Newton said.