Young lawyers are leaving biglaw for AI-native firms — but clients want judgment
jkubicki · x · 2026-09-21
Many young lawyers (under 5 years) are leaving biglaw to start AI-native law firms. @writeclimbrun pushes back: clients don't need commodified legal work, they need judgment — and these lawyers haven't taken their training wheels off yet. The debate exposes a core tension: AI automates exactly the junior work young lawyers grow on.
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