England: Legal sector could shed tens of thousands of jobs with AI take-up

England: Legal sector could shed tens of thousands of jobs with AI take-up

Increased take-up of artificial intelligence technology in the legal sector could put tens of thousands of paralegals and other support staff out of a job, according to research published by the Law Society of England and Wales .

The legal regulator commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) to analyse the size and shape of the legal sector workforce and model changes to the occupational structure in legal services due to increased demand and productivity.

The Law Society has estimated a four per cent decline in the number of people working in the legal profession by 2027, but the IES says […]

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