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 10:29 PM Author: Talented center gay wizard
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.
Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:31 PM Author: Alcoholic saffron whorehouse
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
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.
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.
Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:48 AM Author: Milky Contagious Selfie Native
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.
Date: August 18th, 2026 11:59 PM Author: Twisted Jap
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