Your comment suggests that many lawyers are using AI to write briefs filled with imaginary case law.
That’s not accurate.
Only a handful of documented cases have involved lawyers submitting briefs with fake citations—most notably involving ChatGPT, which isn’t designed for legal research.
In contrast, there are specialized AI platforms like CoCounsel and Lexis+ AI that are trained on real case law and built specifically for legal professionals. These tools can review evidence, perform comprehensive legal research, summarize depositions, and help draft accurate, court-ready documents. They’re revolutionizing the practice of law—not undermining it.
Rooster—good comments but I think you know where this is going to lead.
At some point we will need a lot less lawyers—and get higher quality work then we get from most lawyers.
Ultimately AI is going to get rid of the 99% of the work that is drudgery and routine and done by “average” lawyers.
The top one percent of lawyers—true subject matter experts—will become even more important than ever.