My guess is that the practice of corp law is littered with processes that could be automated and extracted from bespoke billable practice. Company formation seems like a great first candidate. Most of what lawyers do is thoroughly routine.
Nobody is arguing that startups like Clerky are going to put lawyers out of business. They're just taking something you don't need bespoke counsel for and making it simple to do.
The fact is, you're likely to end up in a better state having used Clerky than you are if you try to find your own lawyers and get them to do something customized. A huge number of lawyers suck at this. Different people specialize in different things, and the ones who specialize in company formation are just as likely to be expert in e.g. capitalizing and running a local restaurant as they are in setting up vesting schedules for a tech startup.
Nobody is arguing that startups like Clerky are going to put lawyers out of business. They're just taking something you don't need bespoke counsel for and making it simple to do.
The fact is, you're likely to end up in a better state having used Clerky than you are if you try to find your own lawyers and get them to do something customized. A huge number of lawyers suck at this. Different people specialize in different things, and the ones who specialize in company formation are just as likely to be expert in e.g. capitalizing and running a local restaurant as they are in setting up vesting schedules for a tech startup.