<Set name="fileName">path/to/myaccess.xml</Set>
part should be *inside* the definition of the request log implementation, should look like this:
<Ref id="requestLog">
<Set name="requestLog">
<New id="requestLogImpl" class="ch.qos.logback.access.jetty.RequestLogImpl">
<Set name="fileName">path/to/myaccess.xml</Set>
</New>
</Set>
</Ref>
With the current docs Jetty doesn't even start up.