Judicial Law Clerks

1. 01Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.People already use AI for this at work
2. 02Research laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, or other information related to cases before the court.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
3. 03Draft or proofread judicial opinions, decisions, or citations.AI could speed this up a lot
4. 04Confer with judges concerning legal questions, construction of documents, or granting of orders.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
5. 05Review complaints, petitions, motions, or pleadings that have been filed to determine issues involved or basis for relief.People already use AI for this at work
6. 06Keep abreast of changes in the law and inform judges when cases are affected by such changes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
7. 07Attend court sessions to hear oral arguments or record necessary case information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
8. 08Review dockets of pending litigation to ensure adequate progress.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
9. 09Communicate with counsel regarding case management or procedural requirements.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
10. 10Respond to questions from judicial officers or court staff on general legal issues.AI could speed this up, with extra tools

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.

AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.

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