Episode 18 - Jackie Schafer - Founder & CEO of Clearbrief (Winner - American Legal Tech Awards - 2021 Startup of the Year) joins us to talk about their AI Driven Legal Writing Software Platform & how it’s changing the way lawyers submit winning briefs!

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 – 02:22

Jackie 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 - 14:59

Jackie 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 – 26:54

Jackie 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.ai

Email:  jackie@clearbrief.ai

 
Conclusion:  32:40

Bob Miller Intro with Music Fade