Headlines like «
robot lawyers taking your jobs» might make for good clickbait, but you don't have to dig too deep to realize that A.I. is not going away.
But a year ago, AI - related conversations were laden with concerns about
robot lawyers taking our jobs and the demise of traditional legal practice.
Not exact matches
In a near future,
robots or computers, may
take over some of the legal work, hopefully leaving the
lawyers to spend more time on handling the most complex legal issues.
Assuming you live somewhere other than deep in a bear cave or high up in a tree, you have seen the hourly stories screaming «
robots will
take your job,
lawyers.»
Lawyers, paralegals, and technologists at ILTACON seemed far less concerned about
robots taking their jobs.
However, the research also revealed that only one in 20 (6 %) would
take actionable advice from a
robot, thus removing the need for a human
lawyer.
Not only does a
robot lawyer, e.g.,
take seconds to review a contract, where a
lawyer takes hours, but if it reaches its capacity, it's just a matter of increasing that capacity, typically at minimal cost.
Therefore, yes,
robots may one day
take over many functions of
lawyer's jobs, but great
lawyers separate themselves from average ones by providing clients a certain amount of wisdom, compassion, insight and rational judgement that
robots can not provide right now.
Take, e.g., liability questions: what if the
robot lawyer makes a mistake, or if your virtual legal assistant sends out the wrong information?
So, should
lawyers be worried that legal
robots will be
taking over their jobs?
There is no such thing as
robot lawyers, and even if there were, they are not coming to
take jobs away from human
lawyers.
This doesn't have to
take lawyers» jobs, it doesn't have to replace associates with
robots.
A
robot could find that in the time it
takes a human
lawyer to blink an eye.
This week, you'll hear from 4 more well known legal pundits, who will share their tips and advice on the future of law practice management, whether
robot lawyers will
take over the world, how to run an efficient law firm, and more.
Solve these, then start talking and panicking about
robots taking over
lawyers» jobs.