They are, you probably just aren't hearing about it. There's been loads of cases over the past few years where lawyers use AI to automate their legal research,

They are, you probably just aren't hearing about it. There's been loads of cases over the past few years where lawyers use AI to automate their legal research, then get admonished by the judge because their court filings contain fake quotes or reference court cases that don't even exist. A few examples: https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/09/chatgpt-lawyer-fine-ai-regulation/ https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/09/chatgpt-la... https://natlawreview.com/article/judge-issues-public-admonition-12000-sanctions-hallucinations https://natlawreview.com/article/judge-issues-public-admonit... https://websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Mezu_v._Mezu_USA_29_October_2025.PDF https://websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Mezu_v._Mezu_US...