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Mostly Resilient
Last Update: 5/19/2026
Your role’s AI Resilience Score is
55.3%
Median Score
Meaningful human contribution
Measures the parts of the occupation that still require a human touch. This score averages data from up to four AI exposure datasets, focusing on the role’s resilience against automation.
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Long-term employer demand
Predicts the health of the job market for this role through 2034. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, it balances projected annual job openings (60%) with overall employment growth (40%).
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Sustained economic opportunity
Measures future earning potential and career flexibility. This score is a blend of total projected labor income (67%) and the role’s inherent ability to adapt to economic and technological shifts (33%).
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This reflects the reliability of your score based on the number of data sources available for this career and how closely those sources agree on the outlook. A higher confidence means more consistent evidence from labor experts and AI models.
Most data sources align, with only minor variation. This is a well-supported result.
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AI Resilience Report forLawyers
Lawyers are somewhat more resilient to AI impacts than most occupations, according to our analysis of 7 sources.
Lawyers are labeled "Mostly Resilient" because while AI is definitely changing how legal work gets done, it's acting more like a powerful assistant than a replacement. The core parts of the job — arguing in court, building trust with clients, making high-stakes judgment calls, and navigating complex ethical decisions — still require a real human, and no AI can step into those shoes yet.
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Lawyers are labeled "Mostly Resilient" because while AI is definitely changing how legal work gets done, it's acting more like a powerful assistant than a replacement. The core parts of the job — arguing in court, building trust with clients, making high-stakes judgment calls, and navigating complex ethical decisions — still require a real human, and no AI can step into those shoes yet.
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Lawyers
Updated Quarterly • Last Update: 5/14/2026
How is AI changing Lawyers jobs?
Right now, AI in law looks much more like a helpful sidekick than a replacement. The American Bar Association's Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence concluded in December 2025 that AI is rapidly becoming "core infrastructure" for law practice, courts, legal education and access-to-justice efforts, and the profession must now shift its focus from whether to use AI to how to govern, supervise and integrate it responsibly. Lawyers are using tools like Harvey, CoCounsel, and Legora to generate first drafts of contracts, summarize case law, and sift through documents [1], then reviewing and refining what the AI produces.
At international firm Troutman Pepper Locke, staff prompt the firm's internal AI assistant "Athena" about 3,000 times every day [2] for tasks like refining client correspondence. Importantly, a 2025 Goldman Sachs analysis estimates about 17% of U.S. legal jobs are exposed to AI automation risk [3] — significant, but far below earlier predictions, and "exposure" isn't the same as job loss. The high-stakes courtroom tasks (questioning witnesses, presenting evidence, persuading juries) remain firmly human.
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How fast is AI adoption growing for Lawyers?
Adoption is accelerating fast. A Law360 Pulse survey published March 31, 2026 found that 70% of attorneys at law firms report using artificial intelligence at least once a week — a sharp increase from 2025. Big firms move fastest because they can afford enterprise tools; the ABA's 2024 Legal Technology Survey found 46% of firms with 100+ attorneys use AI, compared with just 18% of solo attorneys [4].
What slows things down? Trust and ethics. Three-quarters of surveyed lawyers said worries about AI "hallucinations" — made-up facts or fake citations — are why they hesitate to adopt [4], and professional rules still place full responsibility on the human lawyer.
The good news for young people: hiring is strong. Robert Half reports 72% of legal leaders planned to increase permanent headcount in early 2026, with lawyer unemployment at just 0.8% in 2025 [5] — though employers now expect new attorneys to be comfortable with AI tools from day one.
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Career: Lawyers
They help people solve legal problems by giving advice, representing them in court, and making sure their rights are protected.
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Employment & Wage Data
Median Wage
$151,160
Jobs (2024)
864,800
Growth (2024-34)
+4.1%
Annual Openings
31,500
Education
Doctoral or professional degree
Experience
None
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024-2034
Task-Level AI Resilience Scores
AI-generated estimates of task resilience over the next 3 years
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Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation.
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Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.
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Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.
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Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases.
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Represent clients in court or before government agencies.
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Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates.
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Supervise legal assistants.
Tasks are ranked by their AI resilience, with the most resilient tasks shown first. Core tasks are essential functions of this occupation, while supplemental tasks provide additional context.
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