Jacqueline Schafer is the founder and CEO of Clearbrief (Winner, Litigation Technology Product of the Year, Legalweek 2023). Schafer also serves as one of the inaugural members of the Texas Bar’s AI Taskforce, and the WA Bar’s Legal Technology Committee. Her contributions to legal innovation have been recognized by LawDragon (2024 Leading AI and Tech Advisors), the ABA (2022 Women of Legal Tech), Fastcase (2022 Fastcase 50, Honoring ‘Innovators, Techies, Visionaries and Leaders’ in Law), and the Washington State Bar (2021 APEX Award for Legal Innovation). Jacqueline began her career as a litigation associate at Paul Weiss, and spent the majority of her career as an Assistant Attorney General in AK and WA State, where she specialized in appellate practice and complex litigation. She received her B.A. in English and French from the University of Pennsylvania (where she sang with John Legend’s former a cappella group!), and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. Her 2020 law review article (“Harnessing AI for Struggling Families”) predicted how the use of responsible AI was likely to impact government agencies.
(Bar admissions – WA, AK, NY)