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What if I told you that women are poised to control trillions of dollars in wealth, yet only a fraction of venture capital funding goes to women-led businesses? It's time to change that narrative. Today, Julie Castro Abrams and Jackie Schafer discuss how we can support women founders, close the gender funding gap, and create a future where women's leadership thrives. This week's episode 158 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about closing the funding gap and supporting women founders in venture capital! This episode was created in partnership with the Nasdaq Foundation. Together, we are working to educate, inspire, and engage women from diverse backgrounds on venture investing and entrepreneurship. Did you know that only 2% of venture funding goes to women-led companies? Together, we are working to show that women are the new face of venture investing.In this episode of How Women Inspire Podcast, Jacqueline Schafer is sharing the importance of investing in and supporting women founders and actionable steps you can take right now to start your investing journey. Jacqueline Schafer is the founder and CEO of Clearbrief (Winner, Litigation Technology Product of the Year, Legalweek 2023). Schafer serves as one of inaugural members of the Texas Bar's AI Taskforce, and she was chosen by the American Bar Association as one of the “2022 Women of Legal Tech” and named to the 2022 Fastcase 50, Honoring ‘Innovators, Techies, Visionaries and Leaders' in Law, Schafer also received the 2021 Washington State Bar APEX Award for Legal Innovation for founding Clearbrief as well as for her 2020 law review article ("Harnessing AI for Struggling Families").Some of the talking points Julie and Jacqueline go over in this episode include:Why it's crucial to support women-led companies, especially in AI and emerging tech.The value investors can bring to a new company beyond the money.Committing to making introductions for other women as a rule.Why it's crucial to support women-led companies, now more than ever.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about How Women Inspire at https://www.howwomenlead.com/podcast CONNECT WITH JACQUELINE SCHAFER:LinkedInClearbriefCONNECT WITH JULIE CASTRO ABRAMS:LinkedIn - JulieHow Women LeadHow Women InvestHow Women GiveInstagram - HWLLinkedIn - HWLFacebook - HWL
The legal tech world is abuzz with activity! Artificial intelligence is transforming how we approach legal work, from research and drafting to litigation and e-discovery. Major players like Bloomberg Law and Epiq Global are rolling out cutting-edge AI tools, while initiatives like AOS's Fuse Incubator are nurturing innovation in legal support services. But the AI revolution isn't without its challenges. Regulators in the US, EU, and UK are grappling with how to address issues like bias, data privacy, and the ethical implications of AI in legal decision-making. Meanwhile, new data privacy laws are sweeping across the US, demanding businesses to rethink their data practices. And the Big Four accounting firms are making their move into the legal market, with KPMG set to launch its own US law firm in 2025. We'll dive deep into all these developments and more in today's episode, exploring the exciting possibilities and critical questions shaping the future of law. Litera Welcomes Cynthia Gumbert as Chief Marketing Officer to Enhance Global Brand Vision15 Jan 2025Legal Technology News - Legal IT Professionals | Everything legal technologyBloomberg Law Launches Two GenAI Features15 Jan 2025Artificial LawyerTech companies claim AI can recognise human emotions. But the science doesn't stack up15 Jan 2025RealKMAOS's Fuse Incubator Calls For Applications15 Jan 2025Artificial LawyerJonathan Williams Joins Leya For Legal Ops Push15 Jan 2025Artificial LawyerWhat Does the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Legislative and Regulatory Landscape Look Like for Employers?14 Jan 2025LittlerEMEA- Data Privacy, Digital and AI Round Up 2024/202515 Jan 2025Berwin Leighton PaisnerEU & UK AI Roundup – January 202515 Jan 2025King & SpaldingFrequently Asked Questions About the New Jersey Data Protection Act, Effective January 15, 202515 Jan 2025Ogletree DeakinsCommerce Department Publishes Artificial Intelligence “Diffusion” Rulemaking14 Jan 2025Kelley Drye & Warren LLPLitigation preparedness14 Jan 2025Norton Rose FulbrightLitigation Minute: A Look Back and Ahead14 Jan 2025K&L GatesBloomberg Law Launches Two GenAI Features15 Jan 2025Artificial LawyerMeta forced to apologise for Mark Zuckerberg's comments about Modi election ‘loss'15 Jan 2025MSN UKThe rise of cyber attacks15 Jan 2025Law Society GazetteLegal community braces for changes in DEI initiatives15 Jan 2025NCLawyersWeekly.comPreparing for Data Privacy Expansion in 2025: Is Your Business Ready?15 Jan 2025Smith AndersonTop Legal Tech Trends of 202514 Jan 2025ContractPodAiKPMG plan to launch US law firm opens new front for Big Four14 Jan 2025ReutersUSPTO AI Strategy14 Jan 2025Patently-OTechnology in M&A Practice: Helping Lawyers Distill the Signals from the Noise14 Jan 2025Business Law TodayNew York's $15 Broadband Law Takes Effect Wednesday14 Jan 2025Broadband BreakfastHonoring JURIST's Publisher Emeritus: Finding Purpose Through Global Legal Coverage14 Jan 2025JuristExclusive: American Arbitration Association Partners with Clearbrief to Offer AI-Powered Legal Writing Tools To Its Panelists and Parties14 Jan 2025LawSitesWith the AI Revolution Underway, Copyright Law Must Evolve14 Jan 2025publishersweekly.comEpiq Global Launches AI-Powered E-Discovery Platform and AI Research Lab14 Jan 2025LawSites
Only 2% of all founders of AI companies are women, and Jacqueline Schafer is one of those women leading the way in tech. Jacqueline is here this week to share her inspiring journey from her early days as a lawyer at a top firm to founding her own innovative company set on changing the legal landscape. She discusses the importance of partnering with strong women investors and building a company with a focus on security and ethical considerations, the challenges she has faced as a female founder, and more. This week's episode 145 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about pioneering AI in legal tech! This episode was created in partnership with the Nasdaq Foundation. Together, we are working to educate, inspire, and engage women from diverse backgrounds on venture investing and entrepreneurship. Did you know that only 2% of venture funding goes to women-led companies? Together, we are working to show that women are the new face of venture investing.In this episode of How Women Inspire Podcast, Jacqueline Schafer is sharing the importance of preparation and persistence when finding supporters and investors and actionable steps you can take right now to support women-founded ventures. Jacqueline Schafer is the founder and CEO of Clearbrief (Winner, Litigation Technology Product of the Year, Legalweek 2023). Schafer serves as one of inaugural members of the Texas Bar's AI Taskforce, and she was chosen by the American Bar Association as one of the “2022 Women of Legal Tech” and named to the 2022 Fastcase 50, Honoring ‘Innovators, Techies, Visionaries and Leaders' in Law, Schafer also received the 2021 Washington State Bar APEX Award for Legal Innovation for founding Clearbrief as well as for her 2020 law review article ("Harnessing AI for Struggling Families").Some of the talking points Julie and Jaqueline go over in this episode include:How every role in her career helped pave the way for Clearbrief.The challenges of raising capital for a legal tech company, especially during the pandemic.The role of women investors for success and the support networks they create.The need for strict security requirements to succeed with large enterprise firms and government agencies.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me! And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!Learn more about How Women Inspire at https://www.howwomenlead.com/podcast CONNECT WITH JACQUELINE SCHAFER:LinkedInClearbriefCONNECT WITH JULIE CASTRO ABRAMS:LinkedIn - JulieHow Women LeadHow Women InvestHow Women GiveInstagram - HWLLinkedIn - HWLFacebook - HWL
Sarah is a University of Dayton School of Law Graduate and currently works as the Co-Founder of Foward Slash / Health and as the Head of Legal at Tracy Health. What does it take to rewrite the rules and carve your own path? Meet Sarah—a relentless innovator, multitasker extraordinaire, and a true trailblazer in law.In this episode, we dive into Sarah's extraordinary, non-linear journey. It began almost two decades before law school, at Harding University, where she earned her MBA in Health and Healthcare. For the next decade, Sarah climbed the ranks of healthcare leadership, serving as VP of Revenue Cycle at AIE Medical Management—all while teaching as an adjunct professor at American University. However, as legal bills mounted, Sarah knew she needed a new solution, which led her to join one of the first ABA-approved hybrid JD programs at the University of Dayton.Her first year of law school was anything but smooth. With limited resources available for online students, Sarah turned adversity into innovation. She co-authored Digitally Remastered: Modern Law School, a game-changing textbook to support hybrid law students like herself—all while juggling motherhood and three jobs.Sarah's story doesn't stop there. She took on multiple internships, from serving as a judicial intern to contributing at Clearbrief. She eventually landed a role at Gordon Rees as an associate attorney. However, her passion for healthcare led her back to the industry she began in. Today, Sarah leads as the Head of Legal at Tracy Health and co-founded Forward Slash / Health within the same organization, driving innovative solutions at the intersection of health and law.This episode is packed with insights about resilience, intuition, and the power of reinvention. Whether you're in law, healthcare, or any other field, Sarah's story is sure to inspire.Tune in for a masterclass in grit, industriousness, and relentless ambition.Sarah's Newsletter: Foward Slash Health NewsletterSarah's Textbook: https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781531026943/Digitally-RemasteredSarah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-covington-7691b555Be sure to check out the Official Sponsors for the Lawyers in the Making Podcast:Rhetoric - takes user briefs and motions and compares them against the text of opinions written by judges to identify ways to tailor their arguments to better persuade the judges handling their cases. Rhetoric's focus is on persuasion and helps users find new ways to improve their odds of success through more persuasive arguments. Find them here: userhetoric.comThe Law School Operating System™ Recorded Course - This course is for ambitious law students who want a proven, simple system to learn every topic in their classes to excel in class and on exams. Go to www.lisablasser.com, check out the student tab with course offerings, and use code LSOSNATE10 at checkout for 10% off Lisa's recorded course!Start LSAT - Founded by former guest and 21-year-old super-star, Alden Spratt, Start LSAT was built upon breaking down barriers, allowing anyone access to high-quality LSAT Prep. For $110 you get yourself the Start LSAT self-paced course, and using code LITM10 you get 10% off the self-paced course! On top of that, Alden offers an upcoming 10-week course for the January LSAT. Using code LITM100 you get $100 off the 10-week course! Check out Alden and Start LSAT at startlsat.com and use both code LITM10 for 10% off the self-paced course, and LITM100 for $100 off the 10-week course!Thanks for reading Lawyers in the Making Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lawyersinthemaking.substack.com
Attorneys still wrestling with Microsoft Word to finish a brief need to be acquainted with Chris Dralla's product Typelaw, the groundbreaking tool that lets attorneys turn plain text into fully formatted, cited, hyperlinked, local rule-compliant briefs.If your practice depends on producing high-quality briefs, here is why you need Typelaw in your life:Typelaw reduces non-billable time spent on technical aspects of brief preparation, allowing lawyers to focus on legal arguments.Moving beyond Word, Typelaw lets you edit directly in the PDF to see instantly what the final, hyperlinked version will look.We also compare and contrast Typelaw with similar and complimentary offerings from Clearbrief and CounselPress.Chris Dralla's biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.Sign up for Not To Be Published, Tim Kowal's weekly legal update, or view his blog of recent cases.Other items discussed in the episode:Videos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal's YouTube channel.Explore Type Law: Visit Type Law's website to learn more about their services for automating appellate and trial brief preparation.
Jared Jaskot of Jaskot Law in Baltimore discusses how to ethically and effectively use artificial intelligence (AI) in an immigration firm, excerpted from MCLE's 6/6/2024 live webcast: Practical Uses for AI in Trial Preparation & Legal Practice. The full program is available as an on-demand webcast or an MP3 here. Get 24/7 instant access to hundreds of related eLectures like this one—and more—with a subscription to the MCLE OnlinePass. Learn more at www.mcle.org/onlinepass and start your free trial today! Connect with us on socials!Instagram: mcle.newenglandX (Formerly Twitter): MCLENewEnglandLinkedIn: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE│New England)Facebook: MCLE New EngalndThreads: mcle.newnengland
In this episode, M.C. Sungaila interviews an esteemed panel of female legal tech founders: Nicole Clark of Trellis Research, Inc., Dorna Moini of Documate, and Jacqueline Schafer of Clearbrief. They discuss their respective businesses and the pain points that pushed them to move from law into the legal tech space. This standout trio is working on ways to use emerging tech to accelerate court processes, and impact access to justice. Tune in for practical tips and insights from the ones paving the way in the tech industry, where female founders still face significant barriers. Note: Trellis and ClearBrief are founding sponsors of this podcast.
Today we welcome back to the podcast Jacqueline Schafer, founder and CEO of Clearbrief. Jacqueline is an entrepreneur who previously worked as a Paul Weiss litigator, in-house counsel, and assistant attorney general. Clearbrief is a legal tech company with the goal of transforming the legal writing process. Last year, the company launched its own set of generative AI tools, including Instant Hyperlinked Timeline and Verified Facts Section, which helps litigators overcome the problem of hallucinations when using generative AI. In our conversation, Jacqueline discusses the impact of generative AI on the legal profession, Clearbrief's new AI tool, what she has learned from working in business, and the emerging technology she finds most interesting.
When Jackie Schafer started learning about AI in 2020, she had an intuitive feeling that it was going to bring big changes to the legal profession. Since then, she has worked with AI to improve legal writing technology for greater efficiency and accuracy. Dennis and Tom talk with Jackie about her perspectives on broader legal technology, competency, collaboration, and more. She also gives insights into her experience founding Clearbrief and offers tips on how to integrate the latest technology into legal practice for both beginners and seasoned tech users. As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation that you can use the second the podcast ends. Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for the answers to your most burning tech questions. Jacqueline Schafer is the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, an AI-powered legal writing tool. Show Notes - Kennedy-Mighell Report #370 A Segment: Fresh Voices - Jackie Schafer Clearbrief.ai - https://clearbrief.com B Segment: More with Jackie Schafer Parting Shots: Airalo - https://www.airalo.com/ Claude 3.5 - https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-5-sonnet ChatGPT 4.0 - https://chatgpt.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Jackie Schafer started learning about AI in 2020, she had an intuitive feeling that it was going to bring big changes to the legal profession. Since then, she has worked with AI to improve legal writing technology for greater efficiency and accuracy. Dennis and Tom talk with Jackie about her perspectives on broader legal technology, competency, collaboration, and more. She also gives insights into her experience founding Clearbrief and offers tips on how to integrate the latest technology into legal practice for both beginners and seasoned tech users. As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation that you can use the second the podcast ends. Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for the answers to your most burning tech questions. Jacqueline Schafer is the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, an AI-powered legal writing tool. Show Notes - Kennedy-Mighell Report #370 A Segment: Fresh Voices - Jackie Schafer Clearbrief.ai - https://clearbrief.com B Segment: More with Jackie Schafer Parting Shots: Airalo - https://www.airalo.com/ Claude 3.5 - https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-5-sonnet ChatGPT 4.0 - https://chatgpt.com/
Jacqueline Schafer, the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, was inspired to start the company based on her own experiences as a litigator and appellate advocate. A pivotal moment for her came in an asylum case she was handling pro bono, when her ability to point the judge to critical evidence that supported her arguments saved her client from deportation and possible death. At that moment, she later old me, the thought crystalized for her, “If you can show the judge the evidence that really tells your client's story, that's how you win.'” Soon after, Schafer set to work building Clearbrief, AI-powered software that works within Microsoft Word to help lawyers find the best facts to support their legal writing. This week, the four-year-old company announced that it had raised an additional funding round of $4 million, bringing its total funding to nearly $8 million. Along the way, it has racked up numerous awards, including Legalweek's 2023 litigation product of the year, Clio's 2022 Launch//Code Developer Contest, Legalweek's 2022 new law company of the year, and the American Legal Technology Awards' 2021 legal tech startup of the year. Schafer is our guest today on LawNext, as she shares her journey from practicing lawyer to startup founder, describes how Clearbrief helps lawyers in their legal writing, and discusses what this latest investment means for the company and its customers. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.
Jacqueline Schafer is the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, an AI-powered legal writing tool that helps lawyers search their discovery for relevant facts and cite them in legal documents. Jackie joins Ben for a conversation about what aspiring lawyers should know about the future of AI in legal tech. LSAT Demon LSAT Demon iOS App LSAT Demon Daily Watch Episode 460 Thinking LSAT YouTube LSAT Demon YouTube 1:35 - Clearbrief - Jackie introduces Clearbrief and explains how it helps lawyers gather facts and create hyperlinked citations in their legal writing. 15:26 - AI in Legal Tech - Will AI replace lawyers? Jackie challenges this notion by asking: Did Excel replace accountants? She and Ben explore how AI is likely to augment, rather than replace, the roles of lawyers. 28:33 - From Big Law to Tech Entrepreneur - Jackie shares how her experience as a litigation associate in big law has remained invaluable throughout her career, from serving as an Assistant State Attorney General to starting a tech company. 38:49 - Advice for Future Lawyers - Jackie advises future lawyers to hone their writing and networking skills.
Appellate justices' research attorneys are the ones advising the justices about your arguments and writing the opinions. We discuss 10 tips offered at a recent Orange County Bar Association event. Here is a taste:
Looking back on the year's 50 episodes, we discuss some of our best guests, including our 9th Circuit correspondent, Cory Webster, our legal-writing correspondent, Ryan McCarl, our legal-movie correspondent, Gary Wax, and our inspirational public-interest appellate lawyers Chris Schandevel and Carl Cecere. There's our legal-citation-parenthetical maverick Jack Metzler. And then there are our legal scholars and authors Stephen Vladeck, Jeff Kosseff, and Eugene Volokh.After talking about some great guests, we talk about some bad cases. Why don't we talk about good cases? We discuss that, too.We also talk about some of our takeaways from our interviews about other states' appellate rules. We grumble about some of the rules in California, but we have some things to recommend to other states. But also some things we could learn.Then we turn to some of the legal tech we can't do without. Topping the list: ClearBrief (via Jackie Schafer), followed by CoCounsel.Hope to have you along in 2024!Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.Sign up for Not To Be Published, Tim Kowal's weekly legal update, or view his blog of recent cases.The California Appellate Law Podcast thanks Casetext for sponsoring the podcast. Listeners receive a discount on Casetext Basic Research at casetext.com/CALP. The co-hosts, Jeff and Tim, were also invited to try Casetext's newest technology, CoCounsel, the world's first AI legal assistant. You can discover CoCounsel for yourself with a demo and free trial at casetext.com/CoCounsel.Other items discussed in the episode:The Coming Changes to Med-Mal Caps, with Ben IkutaUsing ChatGPT responsibly, with Jayne WoodsShould AI Replace Law Clerks? Yes, says Adam UnikowskyFrom BigLaw to Solo: Carl Cecere on the freedom to take significant casesRacking Up Appellate Argument Experience with Chris SchandevelCory Webster's 9th Circuit Dispatches See other Items at the KowalLawGroup.com blog here: https://bit.ly/3viYwJrVideos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal's YouTube channel.
Jacqueline Schafer is a career appellate litigator and the founder and CEO of Clearbrief, winner of Litigation Technology Product of the Year at Legalweek 2023. Schafer was named to the American Bar Association's “2022 Women of Legal Tech” list, the 2022 Fastcase 50, Honoring ‘Innovators, Techies, Visionaries and Leaders' in Law, and also received the 2021 Washington State Bar APEX Award for Legal Innovation for founding Clearbrief as well as for her 2020 law review article ("Harnessing AI for Struggling Families"). In this episode, Jacqueline Schafer will share why Clearbrief's AI platform in Word is used by hundreds of firms, including Biglaw, as well as courts and government agencies. She'll share the design thinking behind Clearbrief's generative AI features that produce instant hyperlinked timelines from discovery docs, score your opponent's accuracy, and more.
In this podcast episode, Jackie shares her personal journey from working as a lawyer to founding Clearbrief, an AI-powered litigation analysis tool that integrates with Microsoft Word to assist with research, citations, and document management. Jackie and Charlie discuss the challenges women founders face in getting venture capital attention and support, even when their offerings are high quality. Jackie spoke about the importance of women legal tech startup leaders speaking confidently about their product and its market prospects (especially when, as was the case with Jackie's own early product development efforts, the assessment of product prospects is based on feedback arising out of literally hundreds of customer interviews). Charlie and Jackie also talk about the difficulties of marketing a product to senior law firm decision-makers (who, after all, control budgets) based not only on the product's firm-wide and enterprise-wide benefits but also on the product's prospects for improving the quality of life for junior lawyers and paralegals. Charlie and Jackie cover the implications of AI on the legal profession, including AI's potential impact on billing practices as technology continues to drive efficiency.
On this episode of The Geek in Review, hosts Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert delve into how AI can transform legal writing with ClearBrief founder and CEO Jacqueline Schafer. As a former litigator, Schafer experienced firsthand the frustrating scramble to finalize briefs and prepare filings. She founded ClearBrief in 2020 to leverage AI to analyze documents and suggest relevant evidence and citations to streamline drafting. ClearBrief integrates into Microsoft Word to align with lawyers' existing workflows. By uploading case documents and discovery materials, the AI can pull facts and quotes directly from the record to support legal arguments in the brief. New features even generate chronologies and timelines from case files automatically. Schafer explains the AI doesn't hallucinate text from scratch, avoiding ethical pitfalls. Rigorous security and confidentiality controls provide the trust needed to gain adoption at top law firms. According to Schafer, attorneys now exhibit much greater openness to tailored AI tools that enhance productivity versus disrupting their workflows entirely. Younger associates and paralegals tend to be most enthusiastic about the technology while firm leadership lags. She believes empowering the next generation of legal professionals with AI will modernize law practice to better serve unmet needs. Looking ahead, Schafer expects to expand ClearBrief's features to assist paralegals along with corporate attorneys beyond litigation. By leveraging AI to handle tedious tasks like cite-checking, lawyers can focus their time on high-value analysis and strategy. With the aid of trusted AI writing assistants, attorneys can craft compelling briefs and filings more efficiently while still verifying the underlying sources. Contact Us: Twitter: @gebauerm, or @glambert Threads: @glambertpod or @gebauerm66 Email: geekinreviewpodcast@gmail.com Music: Jerry David DeCicca Transcript
Curious about the role of AI in assisting lawyers with legal writing? This week we're super excited to be chatting with Jacqueline Schafer, the Founder and CEO of Clearbrief.ai, an accomplished lawyer with a passion for legal writing, who shares her journey from litigator to tech entrepreneur and discusses how ClearBrief.ai is revolutionizing the way lawyers approach legal writing.Jacqueline embarked on a mission to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and the legal profession. Her advocacy for the adoption of AI in the legal field reflects her commitment to enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and communication within the legal profession.
Among the hundreds of great new legal tech available in recent years, Clearbrief stands near the top. Jackie Schafer, a former big-law and state attorney general who had a vision of attorneys and their staff working more effectively and efficiently, designed an app that lives right in your Microsoft Word. Clearbrief lets you upload your case file to it so you can ask it questions: “When did the defendant first get notice of plaintiff's claim?” “Where is the evidence of defendant's bad faith?” “What are the plaintiff's expert's opinions?” Clearbrief will take you directly to the page and line of the document that supports your facts.And its new timeline feature is a game-changer: feed Clearbrief a pile of documents with unorganized facts, and it will give you a chart showing the timeline of relevant events, complete with hyperlinks showing the page and line for each.Judges are now using Clearbrief to write their opinions.And did you know? Legal-writing guru Bryan Garner was Clearbrief's first angel investor.Jackie Schafer's biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Jeff Lewis' biography, LinkedIn profile, and Twitter feed.Appellate Specialist Tim Kowal's biography, LinkedIn profile, Twitter feed, and YouTube page.Sign up for Not To Be Published, Tim Kowal's weekly legal update, or view his blog of recent cases.The California Appellate Law Podcast thanks Casetext for sponsoring the podcast. Listeners receive a discount on Casetext Basic Research at casetext.com/CALP. The co-hosts, Jeff and Tim, were also invited to try Casetext's newest technology, CoCounsel, the world's first AI legal assistant. You can discover CoCounsel for yourself with a demo and free trial at casetext.com/CoCounsel.Other items discussed in the episode:Clearbrief.comBob Ambrogi: New AI Features In Clearbrief Create Hyperlinked Timelines And Allow Users To Query Their DocumentsVideos from this episode will be posted at Tim Kowal's YouTube channel.
Artificial Intelligence. AI. We've all heard about it before. If it wasn't from your programming friends, it was probably from some sci-fi movie about robots taking over the world. What for a long time has been seen as speculative fiction, however, has taken 2023 by storm. From ChatGPT to AI art, many industries have been affected by this new revolutionary and slightly scary tool, and the legal industry is one of them.On this week's episode of The Mother Board, we welcome Jacqueline Schafer, founder and CEO of Clearbrief, an AI-powered legal writing tool. Join us as Jacqueline teaches the board about AI and its potential impact on the legal industry!Check out and like our new Facebook page!
Basha Rubin, CEO & Co-Founder at Priori Legal, and Jacqueline Schafer, CEO & Co-Founder of Clearbrief, join host Jenn McCarron and ca-host Tommie Ferreira to continue the conversation about the rise of the machines in legal operations and tech. These legal AI innovators ponder if AI just might be the salvation that all lawyers have been waiting for.
In this episode, the Armchair Attorney is joined by Jacqueline Schafer, Founder and CEO of Clearbrief, a legal tech startup transforming the legal writing process and the justice system. Winner of the 2022 New Law Company of the Year, Clearbrief brings the power of AI into Microsoft Word to give users instant factual and legal insights into anything they are drafting. We talk law, technology, and what it takes to be an entrepreneur. We are joined by Brandon Wiseman and Trey Griggs for special reports.
To kick off our LegalTech sprint we invited Jacqueline Schafer, Founder and CEO of Clearbrief, to discuss robo-ethics. Listen to hear how Clearbrief can tell if you're lying and helps David beat Goliath in the courtroom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nyu-svs/support
Do you know what you want? But you're afraid to do it because it's not the traditional path? Jacqueline shares: - Why she left her Big Law career for love. - What she did to allow herself to leave her lucrative legal career to pursue her startup. - How she managed rejections to build an award winning startup. - How the lessons she learned from performing with a band helped her to be a better CEO. Connect with Jackie at www.linkedin.com/in/jackieschafer. To get weekly career tips, sign-up for our newsletter at www.careerunicorns.com.
In this episode, M.C. Sungaila interviews an esteemed panel of female legal tech founders: Nicole Clark of Trellis Research, Inc., Dorna Moini of Documate, and Jacqueline Schafer of Clearbrief. They discuss their respective businesses and the pain points that pushed them to move from law into the legal tech space. This standout trio is working on ways to use emerging tech to accelerate court processes, and impact access to justice. Tune in for practical tips and insights from the ones paving the way in the tech industry, where female founders still face significant barriers. Note: Trellis and ClearBrief are founding sponsors of this podcast.
This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to make change to the effectiveness and fairness of our justice system. My guest is Jacqueline Schafer, Founder, and CEO of ClearBrief.Jacqueline began her career as a litigation associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, and spent the majority of her career as an Assistant Attorney General in the Washington and Alaska Attorney General's Offices, where she specialized in appellate practice and complex litigation. Before joining the startup world, Jacqueline also served as in-house counsel for the national nonprofit Casey Family Programs, where she negotiated agreements with state courts across the country and managed impact litigation. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and cum laude from Boston University School of Law. Today she's the Founder and CEO of Clearbrief, a legal tech startup that's on a mission to transform the legal writing process and create a fairer justice system.And that inspired me - and hence I invited Jacqueline to my podcast. We explore what's broken in the legal tech market. That the focus is too much on the process, and not on the outcome - a more just legal system. Jacqueline shares her vision for the Justice system and how she's carefully architecting a product that's both sticky for its users, has strong network effects, and an ability to create a fairer justice system for all of us. She talks about the biggest hurdles she had to overcome - and what's been critical in her eyes to create a remarkable software business that has staying power. Here are some of her quotes:"I was doing a pro bono asylum case, representing a woman and her toddler, and in those cases, it really comes down to a final hearing, and it's life or death for these individuals. And so, there was a moment at that hearing where I saw the judge was not inclined to find in favor of my clients. But I pointed him to a sentence in my brief, which was a 50-page intense legal document. That was what convinced the judge. He looked at the evidence, he looked at that report, in the context of my argument, and we won the case." During this interview, you will learn four things:Why you should develop a strong evidence skill and avoid taking shortcuts in finding product-market-fit. How to build a product that has staying power with its core users and put a smile on their face - every single day.Why it's key to connect the dots to the larger impacts we're aspiring to understand the true problem we're solving.How to introduce meaningful change to an industry that's not changed in decades.For more information about the guest from this week:Jacqueline SchaferWebsite ClearbriefSubscribe to Value Inspiration on Friday'sA weekly musing on how to shape the B2B SaaS business your customers just keep talking about.Learn from the most inspiring ideas I've encountered or explored this week that could help you find new ways to stand out, eliminate the need to compete on price, and make tangible progress in creating a SaaS business your customers would miss if it were gone.Subscribe here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Episode 18 – Jackie joins us from Seattle WA, and shares what motivated her to develop one of the most unique AI driven, Legal Tech software products on the market today. You're also in for a treat as Jackie sings a Christmas jingle about what makes Clearbrief so special! It's a FUN and informative episode with one talented entrepreneur! John provides Intro on Jackie and shares her Background: 00:37 – 02:22Jackie gives some additional info on her background and shares with us her musical background and how she and her Husband (who is also her partner at Clearbrief) met and still play music together: 02:23 – 03:16 Don't SUCK Fun Fact about Jackie (Jackie is an AMAZING singer, so we wrote her a song about her company and turned it into a Christmas Jingle). You are not going to believe her ANGELIC voice as we ask her to SING on the spot: 03:17 – 06:25 Jackie shares some insight as to how Clearbrief came to be and how her experience at Casey Family Program coupled with her interest in data influenced her decision to take the leap into the startup world: 06:26 - 10:11 Jackie digs into what it takes from a discovery process as she shares how much customer discovery they did as they researched the market for pain points prior to Clearbrief product development, talking to well over 200 lawyers, paralegals and judges to get a feel for some of their issues and more importantly validate the same patterns she experienced. She shares the importance of incorporating potential customers into the development and testing process: 10:12 - 14:59Jackie discusses some of the features and functionality of the software and gives a fantastic overview of what the Clearbrief software does: 15:00 - 23:14 Jackie talks about the powerful NLP (Natural Language Processing) and AI behind Clearbrief and its capability to pull all publicly available legal sources for all legal citations since it ID's every site in your document. She shares the “easy button” functionality and how much time it can save in the process: 23:15 – 26:54Jackie wraps up by providing some vision on where technology, the court systems and Clearbrief are headed in the future: 26:55 – 30:17 31:39 Jackie's Contact Info: LinkedIn – Jackie Schafer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackieschafer/Website: www.clearbrief.aiEmail: jackie@clearbrief.ai Conclusion: 32:40 Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade
After a legal career that included litigation experience at a big NYC law firm, as well as stops in both the Washington and Alaska Attorney General offices, Jackie Schafer realized that one of the major challenges in litigation is accurate and thorough review and citation of the mass of documents and prior judgements involved in a case. That's why she founded Clearbrief, which could help level the playing field for small legal firms and unlock major efficiencies in the public justice system. Also, she's an amazing singer!Links for this episode:ClearbriefHarnessing AI innovation for struggling familiesSwing 49's album The Devil's Club BluesConnect with us:On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.comCall us and leave a voicemail at (510) 936-1618
Coming hot off of a $3.5M fundraising round, Jacqueline Schafer joined LegalTechLIVE to share her experience as a practicing lawyer turned #legaltech founder. Here's a little background on the impressive pedigree of Jacqueline Schafer: Jacqueline began her career as a litigation associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, and spent much of career as an Assistant Attorney General in the Washington and Alaska Attorney General's Offices, where she specialized in appellate practice and complex litigation. Before joining the startup world and founding Clearbrief, Jacqueline also served as Senior Director, Program Counsel for the national child welfare nonprofit Casey Family Programs, negotiating agreements with courts across the country and managing litigation and amicus efforts in impact litigation. Jacqueline was recognized by VentureBeat as one of four semi-finalists for the 2020 Women in AI Rising Star award for founding ClearBrief, as well as for her Dec 2020 law review article describing how AI and natural language processing (NLP) will transform courts and government social services. We won't tell you the story that changed how Jacqueline started to think about clarity and facts that led to the creation of Clearbrief... you'll want to catch that story in in the episode. Clearbrief allows you to know the record inside and out. The only tool that instantly finds and links to the best record documents (facts and evidence) to support each sentence in the brief, while you write! All while using #NLP. More about Jacqueline Schafer & Clearbrief: Jacqueline Schafer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiesch.... Jacqueline Schafer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackiegschafer. Clearbrief on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Clearbriefai. Clearbrief website: https://clearbrief.com/. #startups
Today's guest followed her passion for persuasive writing from the courtroom to legal technology. Jackie Schafer is a former Paul Weiss litigator, in-house counsel, assistant attorney general, and serial entrepreneur. Today, she is the founder of Clearbrief, an AI-powered legal writing tool, which recently received $1.2 million in outside funding from big venture capital names Sequoia Capital and Madrona Venture Group. Her company has also received backing from Avvo founder Mark Britton and a number of other investors associated with companies as diverse as Grubhub, Workday, and Tableau. Listen in to today's conversation to learn more about Jackie's path, how her work on an immigration asylum case led to her passion for evidence-based storytelling, and her vision for how Clearbrief can transform the legal writing process and the justice system.
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught attorneys anything, it's that technology can change the practice of law and maximize efficiency in ways we never thought possible. But, even before the pandemic, lawyers and innovators were looking at how technology can benefit legal practice. In this week's episode, Todd Smith and Jody Sanders visit with Jacqueline Schafer, founder and CEO of Clearbrief, about how her company has combined artificial-intelligence technology with brief writing to help both the lawyers drafting motions and appellate briefs and the courts reading them. Clearbrief is accessible in Microsoft Word, and it automatically analyzes a document's text against the factual and legal sources cited to test the document's accuracy. Jacqueline shares her vision of making Clearbrief so easy to use that even lawyers who don't like technology will feel comfortable with it. Join us for a discussion of the benefits and implications that incorporating AI technology into your practice may have.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Texas Appellate Law Podcast Community today:texapplawpod.comTwitterFacebookLinkedInYouTube
A gratifying legal victory sparked Jacqueline Schafer's desire to create a legal technology product that would help other lawyers efficiently craft case-winning briefs full of compelling evidence. Clearbrief is an AI-powered legal writing tool that launched in March. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
A gratifying legal victory sparked Jacqueline Schafer's desire to create a legal technology product that would help other lawyers efficiently craft case-winning briefs full of compelling evidence. Clearbrief is an AI-powered legal writing tool that launched in March. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
A gratifying legal victory sparked Jacqueline Schafer's desire to create a legal technology product that would help other lawyers efficiently craft case-winning briefs full of compelling evidence. Clearbrief is an AI-powered legal writing tool that launched in March. Special thanks to our sponsors, Alert Communications and Nota.
I spoke with Jackie Schafer, the founder of Clearbrief, a platform that uses AI to improve the accuracy of legal writing and the experience of the reader. We discussed how Clearbrief works, the technology behind Clearbrief, how this software is impacting the legal profession, and how this technology could change the way law schools teach legal writing.
I spoke with Jackie Schafer, the founder of Clearbrief, a platform that uses AI to improve the accuracy of legal writing and the experience of the reader. We discussed how Clearbrief works, the technology behind Clearbrief, how this software is impacting the legal profession, and how this technology could change the way law schools teach legal writing.