Lawyers
LegalAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03
0.167
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: '25
0.36
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 60% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.23-1011 | 0.120758.5 | 0.017869.1 |
Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.23-1011 | 0.034916.9 | 0.004216.5 |
Prepare legal briefs and opinions, and file appeals in state and federal courts of appeal.23-1011 | 0.022911.1 | 0.00197.4 |
Prepare and draft legal documents, such as wills, deeds, patent applications, mortgages, leases, and contracts.23-1011 | 0.01798.7 | 0.00187.0 |
Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.23-1011 | 0.00371.8 | —0 |
Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.23-1011 | 0.00251.2 | —0 |
Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.23-1011 | 0.00190.9 | —0 |
Search for and examine public and other legal records to write opinions or establish ownership.23-1011 | 0.00170.8 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 14 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Present and summarize cases to judges and juries. | —0 | —0 |
Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions, by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case. | —0 | —0 |
Represent clients in court or before government agencies. | —0 | —0 |
Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial. | —0 | —0 |
Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation. | —0 | —0 |
Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases. | —0 | —0 |
Negotiate settlements of civil disputes. | —0 | —0 |
Confer with colleagues with specialties in appropriate areas of legal issue to establish and verify bases for legal proceedings. | —0 | —0 |
Supervise legal assistants. | —0 | —0 |
Perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law. | —0 | —0 |
Act as agent, trustee, guardian, or executor for businesses or individuals. | —0 | —0 |
Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates. | —0 | —0 |
Help develop federal and state programs, draft and interpret laws and legislation, and establish enforcement procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Work in environmental law, representing public interest groups, waste disposal companies, or construction firms in their dealings with state and federal agencies. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Advise clients concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits, or legal rights and obligations.O*NET Task ID 3773 | 0.5 |
Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for individuals and businesses.O*NET Task ID 3774 | 0.5 |
Analyze the probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.O*NET Task ID 3775 | 0.5 |
Present and summarize cases to judges and juries.O*NET Task ID 3776 | 0.5 |
Evaluate findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.O*NET Task ID 3777 | 0.5 |
Gather evidence to formulate defense or to initiate legal actions by such means as interviewing clients and witnesses to ascertain the facts of a case.O*NET Task ID 3778 | 0.5 |
Examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit.O*NET Task ID 3780 | 0.5 |
Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation.O*NET Task ID 3782 | 0.5 |
Study Constitution, statutes, decisions, regulations, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies to determine ramifications for cases.O*NET Task ID 3783 | 0.5 |
Prepare legal briefs and opinions, and file appeals in state and federal courts of appeal.O*NET Task ID 3785 | 0.5 |
Represent clients in court or before government agencies.O*NET Task ID 3779 | 0.0 |
Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial.O*NET Task ID 3781 | 0.0 |
Supervise legal assistants.O*NET Task ID 3789 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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Occupation information
Recent Changes Affecting This Occupation
Apr 2026: Goldman Sachs identifies lawyers as high augmentation potential from AI
[Source: Fortune/Goldman Sachs]Apr 2026: OpenAI framework explicitly classifies lawyers (licensed, courtroom) as INSULATED — buffered by regulatory necessity (bar admission, signature liability) even when AI drafts the brief.
[Source: OpenAI Jobs Transition Framework, April 2026]Mar 2026: Karpathy rates lawyers 9/10 for AI exposure, citing text-heavy nature of legal work as key driver.
[Source: Karpathy AI Exposure Score (Fortune)]