Lawyers




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Automation risk
Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.
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User poll
Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 22% chance of automation.
What do you think the risk of automation is?
What is the likelihood that Lawyers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
Sentiment
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Growth
The number of 'Lawyers' job openings is expected to rise 9.6% by 2031
Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2023.
Wages
In 2022, the median annual wage for 'Lawyers' was $135,740, or $65 per hour
'Lawyers' were paid 193.1% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $46,310
Wages over time
Volume
As of 2022 there were 707,160 people employed as 'Lawyers' within the United States.
This represents around 0.48% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 209 people are employed as 'Lawyers'.
Job description
Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.
SOC Code: 23-1011.00
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Also, how could you have a robot as a compliance officer? Even if AI could spit out all the rules, you'd need someone to help you design your operations accordingly.
These are but a few examples. AI could reduce the demand for lawyers, but it couldn't replace them.
Even assuming lawyers don't cease to exist, cases that currently require 10 attorneys to staff will likely only require 1 or 2 in an age of transformational AI. Lawyers today should be mindful of this and plan accordingly.
I have a hard time seeing the need for more than a handful of transaction attorneys in an age of transformational AI. The legal industry will survive, as only humans can be licensed attorneys, but it will dramatically reduce in size.
Companies will use AI to reduce their need for legal services, and legal services will require far fewer attorneys to render.
An AI won't understand that. We can't put our fate on AI. The AI has limitations, unlike us humans.
Obviously, the heart rate thing was a joke... kinda lol.
I am coding an expert system to act as my legal assistant and paralegal. I plan on expanding it into the AI field and having it, and many iterations of it handling my cases.
I am also working on using the same code to perform mediation as well.
This won't mean attorneys are out of a job, but it does mean that most of the complexities in the job will ease down.
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