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Lawyers working on minimum wage...that's something new! Last time I've checked the free market rules didn't apply on law practioners due the "prestige" issue. H
by themihai 10y ago
Lawyers working on minimum wage...that's something new! Last time I've checked the free market rules didn't apply on law practioners due the "prestige" issue. How does automation affect lawyers anyway?
- maxerickson 10y agoResearch. There are systems that can surface relevant cases vs the old way of a bunch of junior lawyers reading.
- gregpilling 10y agobots that help people fight tickets too
- dredmorbius 10y agoA large amount of low-level scutwork at major law firms involved manual discovery -- going through boxes and boxes of documents looking for something incriminating. Electronic discovery -- both scanning docs to electronic versions, and then processing them through search, and more recently, AI, to find evidence for plaintiff/prosecution or defense -- has replace a tremendous amount of that. Lack of funds to support legal work is another element in reducing lawyers' wages and hiring.