Shortly after Jacqueline Schafer entered the courtroom for the final hearing in an asylum case that she was litigating several years ago, she sensed that the judge was not sympathetic to the claims of her Honduran clients.

Clearbrief, a new Seattle startup that has developed AI-fueled writing technology for the legal industry, raised $1.2 million.

The company currently has a waitlist of more than 250 potential clients, and the product will officially launch to the waitlist this week, says the company's founder and CEO.

Mark Britton, the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner, legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary; and Bill Neukom, longtime Microsoft general counsel, were all seed investors in a new legal technology product designed to strengthen your legal writing.

Jacqueline Schafer and her startup, which was founded last year, have already attracted investments from some of the biggest names in venture capital and law.

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.

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.