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Make legal decisions

Work activity · O*NET

Make legal decisions is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Making Decisions and Solving Problems. 3 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Make decisions in legal cases
  • Rule on admissibility of legal proceedings

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 0.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 66.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 6th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 5
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 3
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 3

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Make legal decisions." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/make-legal-decisions

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Make legal decisions. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/make-legal-decisions

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-make-legal-decisions,
  title  = {Make legal decisions},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/make-legal-decisions}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.