Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
of tasks in the Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants role are ones AI can already do, per AI experts.
From a Stanford study where AI experts and legal secretaries and administrative assistants workers rated each real task (O*NET). Not a guess from the job title.
Key statistics
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- AI can already do 63% of the 8 work tasks in the Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants role, according to AI experts in the Stanford WORKBank study (O*NET SOC 43-6012.00).
- Workers in the Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants role want about 50% of their tasks automated (Stanford WORKBank, 1,500 U.S. workers).
- 3 of 8 Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants tasks are Automation Green Light, wanted by workers and do-able by AI, that is 38% of the role (Stanford WORKBank).
- The typical Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants task scores 2.91/5 for worker desire to automate and 3.44/5 for AI capability today (Stanford WORKBank, 1-5 scale).
- The Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants role (O*NET SOC 43-6012.00) has a median U.S. wage of $60,320 and about 154,540 people employed (U.S. O*NET / BLS).
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What workers told Stanford
Of the 8 tasks studied for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, 3 (38%) are in the Automation Green Light zone, AI can largely do them and workers want it. Across all tasks, workers want about 50% automated. The typical task scores 2.91/5 for worker desire and 3.44/5 for AI capability.
All 8 tasks, most-wanted first
Make travel arrangements for attorneys.
Green Lightwant 3.9 · AI 4Schedule and make appointments.
Green Lightwant 3.6 · AI 4.5Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use.
R&D Opportunitywant 3.5 · AI 3Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses.
Green Lightwant 3.3 · AI 4Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
Low Prioritywant 2.4 · AI 2.67Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
Low Prioritywant 2.4 · AI 2.33Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements.
Red Lightwant 2.3 · AI 3.5Draft and type office memos.
Red Lightwant 1.9 · AI 3.5
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Lower-automation alternatives
Less of these jobs is automatable today: AI experts rate a smaller share of their tasks as doable than the 63% for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (Stanford WORKBank).