Traditionally, not just in Law but other professions and industries, entry level work has lead to pathways for career development. But when machines are faster and cheaper, what do professional pathways look like?
“Law graduates have traditionally been brought in at the lower end to do the grunt work, the exploratory work, read through contracts and find errors and (do) legal research. But that to some degree will be done by this type of technology,” says Melbourne-based Misel, who assists large companies of the likes of IBM, Allianz and NAB to resolve issues that may impact their workforces of the future.What’s happening is not new, he suggests.“There has been technology that has been encroaching on the legal industry forever, and in the last 25 years,” he says, pointing to the loss of many stenographers and receptionists as “technology has taken up their role”.
Source: Chat GPT is putting the future of grad lawyers under the microscope – Law Society Journal
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