The tasks · Judges, Magistrate Judges, and MagistratesSOC 23-1023.00
Research legal issues and write opinionsWhat can do this →
85% · agentMostly automatable
Read and analyze case documents and pleadingsWhat can do this →
82% · agentMostly automatable
Prepare written decisions for legal proceedingsWhat can do this →
80% · agentMostly automatable
Conduct hearings and investigate legal issuesWhat can do this →
25% · you keepBarely automatable
Make final decisions in legal casesWhat can do this →
15% · you keepBarely automatable
Direct courtroom activities and proceduresWhat can do this →
10% · you keepBarely automatable
The team3 agents · 3 need no setup
Legal Research Agent
LexisNexis · Thomson Reuters Westlaw · Microsoft Word
● No integration needed
Document Analysis Agent
Adobe Acrobat · Microsoft Word · Online databases
● No integration needed
Legal Writing Agent
Microsoft Word · Adobe Acrobat · Microsoft Office software
● No integration needed
You keep this
Preside over courtroom proceedings and maintain orderMake final legal decisions and rulings with judicial authoritySentence defendants and impose legal consequencesExercise judicial discretion in complex legal matters
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
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The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
