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Will AI replace Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?

Transitioning

Baseline AI displacement risk for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, aggregated from 7 research sources.

What this score means

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants sits in the middle of the exposure range for Administration. Routine parts of the job are starting to automate, but much of it still depends on judgment, relationships, and context that today's models handle poorly. At 53 out of 100 it sits close to the Administration average of 52. Across the 7 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 14 to 76, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, most central first, showing 12 of 14.

  • 01Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
  • 02Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.
  • 03Prepare and distribute invoices to bill clients or pay account expenses.
  • 04Prepare, proofread, or process legal documents, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, or pretrial agreements.
  • 05Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
  • 06Assist attorneys in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records.
  • 07Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
  • 08Receive and place telephone calls.
  • 09Schedule and make appointments.
  • 10Draft and type office memos.
  • 11Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use.
  • 12Make travel arrangements for attorneys.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 7 research sources that scored Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?
Published research puts Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants at 53 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the transitioning band. The number is a weighted consensus of 7 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants?
Only partly. Individual estimates for Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants run from 14 to 76 out of 100 across the 7 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which administration roles face similar AI exposure?
The closest published administration roles to Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants by score are Bill and Account Collectors (53/100), Desktop Publishers (53/100), and Public Safety Telecommunicators (53/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

Also covers

Accredited Legal Secretary · Certified Legal Secretary Specialist · Confidential Secretary · Law Firm Administrator · Law Office Assistant · Law Secretary · Legal Administrative Assistant (Legal Admin Assistant) · Legal Administrator (Legal Admin) and related titles

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