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Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

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Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies.

10 main tasks · most important first

Your main tasks and AI

Importance

01Sentence defendants in criminal cases, on conviction by jury, according to applicable government statutes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
02Monitor proceedings to ensure that all applicable rules and procedures are followed.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
03Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts.Mostly human for now
04Write decisions on cases.People already use AI for this at work
05Read documents on pleadings and motions to ascertain facts and issues.People already use AI for this at work
06Rule on admissibility of evidence and methods of conducting testimony.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
07Preside over hearings and listen to allegations made by plaintiffs to determine whether the evidence supports the charges.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
08Award compensation for damages to litigants in civil cases in relation to findings by juries or by the court.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
09Advise attorneys, juries, litigants, and court personnel regarding conduct, issues, and proceedings.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
10Research legal issues and write opinions on the issues.People already use AI for this at work

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

Checked O*NET 31.0, August 2026Corrections

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Where these numbers come from

O*NET 31.0 Database, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), 2026-08. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (observed exposure), Anthropic, 2026-03-05. Licence: CC BY.

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations (v1.1), Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025-12. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

GPTs are GPTs: labor market impact potential of LLMs (Science, 2024), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023. Licence: MIT.

What work can robots do? (robot exposure index), Anthropic, 2026-09-30. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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