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The thing about lawyers is that they're often able to create work for themselves. They can lobby for laws that create opportunity if automation affects them too
by curun1r 9y ago
The thing about lawyers is that they're often able to create work for themselves. They can lobby for laws that create opportunity if automation affects them too much. They can create class actions out of nothing and recruit their clients. They're also the ones that write the laws, and you can always expect that the rules of the "game" will always favor those with the most input into those rules.
- awat 9y agoAgreed, this goes for other professions as well such as accountants and real estate agents. There always seems to be some new complexity that requires the profession. That being said I do think it will put a dent in the number of professionals. Sites like homie.com for real estate already seem to he effecting real estate personnel.
- rayiner 9y agoExcept the real trend has been the exact opposite. We're now in the fourth decade of lawyers (legislators and judges) narrowing the laws you're talking about: class actions, discrimination claims, environmental claims, and securities claims. As a result, the legal sector as a percentage of the economy has been shrinking since the late 1980s: https://lawschooltuitionbubble.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/real-gdp-legal-sector-value-added-billions-2005.png https://lawschooltuitionbubble.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/r.... I personally think that's a good thing because the economy was over-regulated in the 1960s and 1970s. But in some areas, it's arguably gone too far. Judges and legislators are so self-concscious about excessive litigation that they've significantly hampered the ability of claimants to recover when they should be able to do so. E.g. Wal-Mart v. Dukes.
- duggan 9y agoSome of these automation companies are doubtless being run by people with legal backgrounds. I can't imagine all lawyers are interested in preserving the status quo.