Will Robots Spell the Doom of Junior Associates?

If you just read the sensational headlines (like the clickbait above), you might get the impression that robots and automation will leave junior associates out of work – like work horses put to pasture by the combustion engine and the industrial revolution. Images come to mind of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world, like Terminator or Blade Runner, where artificial intelligence has its grip on humanity as we struggle to survive. But, after surviving the COVID pandemic, reasonable minds are beginning to question if there's more to the story. No less reputable research firms than Gartner and Delloite predict the demise of low-level legal work. Their research states, 22 percent of a lawyer's job and 35 percent of a law clerk's job can be automated, which means that while humanity won't be completely overtaken, major businesses and career adjustments aren't far off (see "Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?").