Represent the interests of clients in legal proceedings.

Represent the interests of clients in legal proceedings. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 9 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Present information in legal proceedings. in Communicating with People Outside the Organization .

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 9 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (56%) 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.

• Present and summarize cases to judges and juries. · Lawyers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Represent clients in court or before government agencies. · Lawyers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Select jurors, argue motions, meet with judges, and question witnesses during the course of a trial. · Lawyers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Present evidence to defend clients or prosecute defendants in criminal or civil litigation. · Lawyers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Probate wills and represent and advise executors and administrators of estates. · Lawyers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Act as agent, trustee, guardian, or executor for businesses or individuals. · Lawyers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Represent jurisdictions in the legislative or administrative approval of land development projects. · Transportation Planners · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Call upon witnesses to testify at hearings. · Paralegals and Legal Assistants · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Participate in court proceedings. · Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators · importance 2.6 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Lawyers
• Transportation Planners
• Paralegals and Legal Assistants
• Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

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.

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  title  = {Represent the interests of clients in legal proceedings.},
  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/represent-the-interests-of-clients-in-legal-proceedings}
}