«Many junior solicitors are being
replaced by paralegals.
Not exact matches
Those lawyers will be
replaced by: (1) self - help programs, including unbundling of legal services; (2) greater use of much less competent people such as law students,
paralegals, and untrained volunteers; and, (3) pro & low bono, which, as all charity, is uncertain as to its volume, availability, and timing.
Many of these programs have the potential to displace administrative assistants,
paralegals, and entry - level lawyers — or, at the very least, will
replace some of the more mundane tasks undertaken
by lawyers in the day - to - day practice of law.
He believes AI may
replace some of the grunt work done
by junior lawyers and
paralegals, but that no machine can talk to a client or argue in front of a High Court judge.
In so doing, it has the potential to
replace the work done
by hundreds or thousands of
paralegals and junior lawyers.
A lot of
paralegals and first / second year associates are likely going to be
replaced by Ross and his progeny — if not in 2016, then soon thereafter.