With AI doing the grunt work in law firms, where does this leave junior lawyers and fresh grads?
CNA
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For law student Sarika Chatterjee, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in her studies can be a double-edged sword. While it makes her academic life easier, it has made her worry about what she can offer law firms after graduation.
The third-year law undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) said that she uses AI for basic tasks such as preparing summaries of cases or assigned readings, including condensing a 120-page reading into a 10-page examination-style summary.
"There seems to be this general air of 'everything is going to be fine'. But we students know that … law firms are increasingly investing more in specialised legally trained AI, and some partners at firms have already acknowledged that AI is able to take over the basic legal work that is done by junior associates.
"We do not receive any specific support related to AI, and it seems that we have been left to our own devices when it comes to dealing with AI in the workplace," the 21-year-old said.
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