Sarah Paisley

Sarah Paisley is a Sales Executive at ContractSafe, where she’s helped teams evaluate and choose contract management software since 2022. She holds a J.D. from Tulane University Law School and clerked at Barnes & Thornburg, Orleans Public Defenders and the Innocence Project New Orleans. Before ContractSafe she spent more than nine years working with legal teams, at Robert Half Legal, where she rose to senior director of legal consulting solutions, and as a regional sales leader at legal tech company DISCO. On the blog she covers choosing and comparing CLM software, vendor pricing and what to test in a demo. She’s based in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area.

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CLM Software Features Legal Teams Should Test in Vendor Demos First

CLM software features are the individual capabilities a contract lifecycle management platform offers, such as a searchable repository, OCR, renewal alerts, permissions, intake forms, approval...

contract lifecycle management (CLM) vs contract management solutions (CMS)

Do You Need a CLM System or a Contract Management System

Quick answer: A contract management system (CMS) is a secure, searchable home for every agreement your company has signed, with the dates, alerts and permissions that keep them under control. A...

How to Build a Rock-Solid CLM Business Case

Quick answer: A CLM business case is the evidence-backed argument you bring to finance and legal to justify buying a contract lifecycle management solution. It wins approval by proving five things: a...

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CLM Software Checklist for Choosing the Right Contract System

Updated September 2026 Quick answer: A CLM software checklist is the list of checks you run on every contract management software vendor (CLM stands for contract lifecycle management): search and...

Sarah Paisley

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