Move Over, Attorney! The Robot to Replace Lawyers Has Arrived

Are you a lawyer, a law student, or an incoming law freshman? If you are any of the three, better think twice of your career path now because a new generation of lawyers – in the form of robots – will win all future court cases. You might want to rethink that choice, buddy. It appears that the J.D. lawyers have earned is no match to this robot. Powered by IBM's cognitive computer program Watson, the robot named ROSS can read through all law transcripts including court decisions to provide an answer relevant to the case being decided.