Clients stop paying $1,000/hour junior associate bills as AI takes over doc review
aakashgupta · x · 2026-11-09
Top law firms bill near $1,000/hour for junior associates doing document review and first drafts — the traditional training ground for partners. AI now does that work: at a Thomson Reuters gathering of law firm CFOs, a general counsel said his team drafts motions to dismiss with AI before outside firms see them, telling firms they don't need first-years for drafting or research; a CFO said clients already refuse to pay for summer associates' hours. This pairs with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's warning that AI can do entry-level law, finance, and consulting work, and that half of entry-level white-collar jobs could be disrupted within 1-5 years.
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