Will AI replace Judicial Law Clerks?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
46/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 73% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 14% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 92% of the work
What the job involves
Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.
- Review complaints, petitions, motions, or pleadings that have been filed to determine issues involved or basis for relief.
Within reach(13)
- Confer with judges concerning legal questions, construction of documents, or granting of orders.
- Research laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, or other information related to cases before the court.
- Draft or proofread judicial opinions, decisions, or citations.
- Keep abreast of changes in the law and inform judges when cases are affected by such changes.
- Attend court sessions to hear oral arguments or record necessary case information.
and 8 more
Out of reach(3)
- Participate in conferences or discussions between trial attorneys and judges.
- Perform courtroom duties, including calling calendars, administering oaths, and swearing in jury panels and witnesses.
- Supervise law students, volunteers, or other personnel assigned to the court.
Also called
Judicial Clerk · Judicial Law Clerk · Law Clerk · Court of Appeals Law Clerk · Federal Law Clerk · Appellate Law Clerk · Career Judicial Law Clerk · Career Law Clerk
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics