Lawyers, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here92
  • lawyer
  • counsel
  • attorney
  • barrister
  • solicitor
  • law writer
  • prosecutor
  • tax lawyer
  • conveyancer
  • civil lawyer
  • tax attorney
  • title lawyer
  • trial lawyer
  • chief counsel
  • and 78 more
SOC code
23-1011.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
17 activities
Activities an agent can take on
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · LawyersSOC 23-1011.00
88% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
78% · agentMostly automatable
25% · you keepBarely automatable
15% · you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents · 4 need no setup
Legal research agent
Web · Search · Microsoft Word
● No integration needed
Document drafting agent
Microsoft Word · Adobe Acrobat · HotDocs
● No integration needed
Legal writing agent
Microsoft Word · Adobe Acrobat · Docs
● No integration needed
Case strategy agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft PowerPoint · Web
● No integration needed
You keep this
Final approval of legal strategies and client adviceCourtroom representation and oral advocacyHigh-stakes negotiations requiring personal trustLegal accountability and professional liability decisions

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.

Start with these three

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.

Legal research and precedent analysis88% · research and retrieval work · mostly automatable
Document preparation and drafting85% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Legal brief and opinion writing82% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 17 detailed work activities O*NET records for Lawyers, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.