Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues.

Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Investigate criminal or legal matters. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (71%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Conduct hearings to obtain information or evidence relative to disposition of claims. · Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Conduct hearings to review and decide claims regarding issues, such as social program eligibility, environmental protection, or enforcement of health and safety regulations. · Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Preside over hearings and listen to allegations made by plaintiffs to determine whether the evidence supports the charges. · Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Conduct preliminary hearings to decide issues, such as whether there is reasonable and probable cause to hold defendants in felony cases. · Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Conduct or direct investigations or hearings to resolve complaints or violations of laws, or testify at such hearings. · Chief Executives · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Debate the merits of proposals and bill amendments during floor sessions, following the appropriate rules of procedure. · Legislators · no direct exposure
• Hear testimony from constituents, representatives of interest groups, board and commission members, and others with an interest in bills or issues under consideration. · Legislators · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
• Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
• Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
• Chief Executives
• Legislators

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-conduct-hearings-to-investigate-legal-issues,
  title  = {Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/conduct-hearings-to-investigate-legal-issues}
}