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December 15, 2025
AI might not be coming for lawyers’ jobs anytime soon
Generative AI might have aced the bar exam, but an LLM still can’t think like a lawyer.
TL;DR
- Lawyers express anxiety about generative AI potentially automating their jobs.
- Researchers and industry reports indicate that AI can perform well on standardized legal tests and automate some legal tasks.
- Current AI models struggle with complex legal reasoning, hallucinate case citations, and have difficulty with ambiguous legal areas.
- New benchmarks like the Professional Reasoning Benchmark reveal critical reliability gaps in AI for professional legal adoption.
- The legal industry's business model, liability concerns, and potential regulations may also hinder AI's complete integration.
- Despite AI's impact on grunt work, the job market for law school graduates remains strong, with employment rates at a record high.
- Law firms are experimenting with AI but are not yet significantly reducing headcounts.
- Concerns exist about how junior lawyers will receive adequate training if AI handles more of their initial tasks.
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