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Anyone use the AI CoCounsel? Seems dumb to take on $400k in debt for law school
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:18 PM Author: aromatic indian lodge I still think that lawyers are in as good a place as anyone to survive the upcoming AI apocalypse, but seems incredibly risky to take on debt.
You can ask this thing any random legal question, "Can I sell a subscription service to chinchilla pets?" and it will spit out a report of applicable laws in all 50 states.
You can upload a contract with 20 amendments and just start asking questions about what the term and termination rights are.
It's obviously not perfect, but it's probably doing as good a job or better than a junior associate. We know how greedy lawyers are - existing lawyers are not going to hire juniors out of the goodness of their heart... |
Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:26 PM Author: Hateful Lay this is many white collar industries tho -- experienced ppl will be ok bc they can be good AI babysitters, and jr ppl will be useless (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041851) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:27 PM Author: Learning disabled talented sex offender someone has to write the prompts and copy the output to an excel file for me to look at (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041854) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:33 PM Author: opaque shivering address generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041869) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:29 PM Author: filthy transparent forum Alternatively, juniors that strike out on their own can take on a variety of case types they'd otherwise have been unable to. I've been expanding my practice area and just using AI. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041859) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:31 PM Author: Hateful Lay you still have to have a baseline level of experience to do a good job in something with AI. of course, if you're doing some shitlaw where the written work product doesnt need to be perfect, slide and let do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041863) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:58 PM Author: vivacious casino Dealing with people outside of my area, I can tell you there will be a solid 10-20% of the time that they won't even know what questions to ask. But that's today. In ten years or so it will probably be smarter than any lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041895) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:57 PM Author: vivacious casino Check the citations! It's super valuable and I use it every day but I swear to you copilot cited Colorado law when I was looking at Connecticut and when I checked the cite and pointed this out IT DID IT AGAIN. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041893) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2026 7:15 PM Author: aromatic indian lodge I don't disagree, but law is the one that requires $400,000 in additional debt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50043329) |
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:04 PM Author: frum beady-eyed degenerate taking on debt to go to law school at this point is suicide (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50041905) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:48 AM Author: Citrine charismatic philosopher-king taking on a bunch of debt for law school has been a bad idea for 25-30 years, but it's now downright idiotic for most people. imagine borrowing 6 figures to go to cooley or california western school of law and automotive repair (in a strip mall next to a del taco), university of baltimore, etc.
side note: the associate i brought with me to my current firm has undergrad debt, debt from a MYMASTERS (in, i believe, "creative writing" lmao) and debt from GW law, all totaling about $400k. she was giving me shit a while back because she drives an audi convertible and i drive a used 4Runner. guess race. |
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Date: August 3rd, 2026 7:04 AM Author: cruel-hearted locale gunner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50042146) |
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Date: August 3rd, 2026 11:07 PM Author: green hospital (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2#50043892) |
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Date: August 18th, 2026 11:59 PM Author: michael doodikoff I’ve been using cocounsel a ton lately. It’s an absolute game changer. I’m at a new level because of it
Once you get into it and upload your court filings and motions and notes, it does a better job than I can even do writing a motion.
Had a fucked up emergency situation when I was out of the country, court set a trial date for yesterday and I never got notice. Completely panicked. Came back to my room and in less than an hour and a half I had filed an extensive emergency motion to continue that the court immediately granted
Then I uploaded all of my filings and notes for another case and it gave me a really great deposition outline. I’m changing a few things but it did an incredible job that saved me hours
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