From Big Law to Tech CEO (Jackie Schafer) (Ep. 460)
Thinking LSAT
Nathan Fox and Ben Olson
4.8 • 868 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
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.
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.
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| 0:00.0 | There is a big price premium for lawyers who specialize in AI that they are earning higher salaries and so if I was starting out going to law school now, I would definitely be focused on AI. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to episode |
| 0:22.6 | 460 of the Thinking Elsap podcast. |
| 0:25.9 | I'm Ben Olson. |
| 0:27.0 | With me is Jackie Schaefer, CEO of Clear Brief. |
| 0:32.8 | Jackie, thanks for joining us today. |
| 0:35.4 | Absolutely, thanks for having me. |
| 0:37.5 | Yeah, I'm the co-founder of Elsad Demon.com |
| 0:41.0 | and the Elsat demon daily podcast. |
| 0:43.4 | If you have questions, you can always ask them on our website. |
| 0:46.9 | That's Thinking Elsat.com. |
| 0:50.4 | The June 2024 Elsat scores going to be released on June 26. |
| 0:56.7 | That's in two days. |
| 0:58.2 | Please let us know how you did. |
| 1:01.0 | What did you think of the whole experience? We always love to hear the good news and the bad news. |
| 1:06.0 | The August 2024, El-Sat registration deadline is the next day. That's June 27th. |
| 1:11.0 | I don't know why they always have it so far in advance but yeah you |
| 1:17.4 | can register for the test then. On July 20th we have a free class with Allah that's going to be Plateau |
| 1:26.3 | Polarizer for logical reasoning and reading comprehension. |
| 1:30.3 | You can sign up for that at Elsat Demon.com forward slash free. |
| 1:34.6 | Jackie, thanks again for coming on the show. |
| 1:38.2 | I do want to say a little bit about you, |
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