Jackie Schafer
Jacqueline Schafer is the Founder and CEO of Clearbrief, named 2022 New Law Company of the Year (Legalweek) and 2021 Legal Tech Startup of the Year (American Legal Technology Awards). Clearbrief is an AI platform in Microsoft Word used by hundreds of law firms, and numerous government agencies and courts across the country to instantly locate factual support for any concept while writing, saving them hours of tedious work each week. The platform also leverages AI to help writers check citations, generate a 1-Click Table of Authorities, and share interactive versions of documents with just a click from Word (for example, the Clearbrief version of the SCOTUS Dobbs opinion was widely shared on social media by lawyers and journalists). Jacqueline received the 2021 APEX Legal Innovation Award from the WA State Bar Association and is a member of the 2022 ABA Women of Legal Tech List. Jacqueline began her career as a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, and spent the majority of her career serving as an Assistant Attorney General in the Washington and Alaska Attorney General’s Offices, where she specialized in appellate practice and complex litigation.