Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.

Testify at legal or legislative proceedings. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 27 occupations and seen in 33 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 33 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 17 (52%) 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.

• Testify in court cases involving fires, suspected arson, and false alarms. · Fire Inspectors and Investigators · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation, participating in enforcement hearings, as necessary. · Environmental Compliance Inspectors · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Compile and present evidence for court actions. · Fish and Game Wardens · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Testify in court about investigative or analytical methods or findings. · Forensic Science Technicians · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Prepare for prosecutions related to animal treatment, and give evidence in court. · Animal Control Workers · importance 4.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Testify in court and present evidence. · Police Identification and Records Officers · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Testify in court regarding investigation findings. · Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases. · Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Testify at hearings or court trials to present evidence. · Private Detectives and Investigators · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Testify in civil or criminal court proceedings. · Retail Loss Prevention Specialists · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Testify regarding decisions at immigration appeals or in federal court. · Customs and Border Protection Officers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations. · Parking Enforcement Workers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Testify at inquests, hearings, and court trials. · Coroners · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Testify before grand juries concerning criminal activity investigations. · Detectives and Criminal Investigators · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• 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
• Testify as an expert witness in court cases on land survey issues, such as property boundaries. · Surveyors · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Cooperate with court personnel and officials from other law enforcement agencies and testify in court, as necessary. · First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Testify in legal proceedings. · Agricultural Inspectors · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Provide expert testimony in litigation cases. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Testify before examining and fund-granting authorities, clarifying and promoting the proposed budgets. · Budget Analysts · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Participate in informal appeals hearings on contested cases from other agents. · Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Provide expert testimony in employment lawsuits. · Industrial-Organizational Psychologists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Assist coroners at death scenes or at autopsies, file police reports, and testify at inquests or in court, if employed by a coroner. · Embalmers · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Testify in court or at administrative proceedings concerning investigation findings. · Government Property Inspectors and Investigators · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Testify in court as to the value of a piece of tangible property. · Appraisers of Personal and Business Property · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Testify at regulatory or legislative hearings concerning the estimated effects of changes in legislation or public policy, and present recommendations based on cost-benefit analyses. · Economists · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Testify in court as to the value of a piece of real estate property. · Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Provide litigation support, such as writing reports for expert testimony or testifying as an expert witness. · Economists · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Provide expert testimony in legal proceedings related to labor relations or labor contracts. · Labor Relations Specialists · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Testify in depositions or trials as an expert witness. · Physicians, Pathologists · importance 3.1 · no direct exposure
• Testify before public agencies on proposed legislation affecting businesses. · Actuaries · importance 3.0 · exposure with tools
• Testify in court as expert witness or to provide legal evidence on matters such as the value of potential lifetime earnings of a person disabled or killed in an accident. · Actuaries · importance 2.7 · exposure with tools
• Write reports, sign affidavits, or give depositions for legal proceedings. · Digital Forensics Analysts · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Fire Inspectors and Investigators
• Environmental Compliance Inspectors
• Fish and Game Wardens
• Forensic Science Technicians
• Animal Control Workers
• Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
• Police Identification and Records Officers
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• Private Detectives and Investigators
• Retail Loss Prevention Specialists
• Parking Enforcement Workers
• Chief Executives
• Surveyors
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
• Agricultural Inspectors
• Budget Analysts
• Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
• Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
• Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
• Embalmers
• Appraisers of Personal and Business Property
• Economists
• Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
• Labor Relations Specialists
• Physicians, Pathologists
• Actuaries
• Digital Forensics Analysts

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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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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