From Post-it Notes To Algorithms: How Automation Is Changing Legal Work

While document review used to be tedious work for lawyers, Kirk says they can now sift through gigabytes of data within days with the help of artificial intelligence. While document review used to be tedious work for lawyers, Kirk says they can now sift through gigabytes of data within days with the help of artificial intelligence. This is part of an occasional series: Is My Job Safe? These stories look at jobs that might be at risk because of technology and automation. Shannon Capone Kirk's first job as a young lawyer in the late '90s was "document review."