Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.

“Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.” is a core task performed by Judicial Law Clerks. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#1 most important). About 96% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Record information about legal matters. in Documenting/Recording Information
• Prepare legal or regulatory documents. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.025% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 79% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.2 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 85% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Research laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, or other information related to cases before the court. · importance 4.8
• Draft or proofread judicial opinions, decisions, or citations. · importance 4.8
• Confer with judges concerning legal questions, construction of documents, or granting of orders. · importance 4.6
• Review complaints, petitions, motions, or pleadings that have been filed to determine issues involved or basis for relief. · importance 4.6
• Keep abreast of changes in the law and inform judges when cases are affected by such changes. · importance 4.1
• Attend court sessions to hear oral arguments or record necessary case information. · importance 4.0
• Enter information into computerized court calendar, filing, or case management systems. · importance 3.6
• Verify that all files, complaints, or other papers are available and in the proper order. · importance 3.5
• Review dockets of pending litigation to ensure adequate progress. · importance 3.5
• Communicate with counsel regarding case management or procedural requirements. · importance 3.4
• Respond to questions from judicial officers or court staff on general legal issues. · importance 3.3
• Coordinate judges' meeting and appointment schedules. · importance 3.1
• Participate in conferences or discussions between trial attorneys and judges. · importance 2.8
• Prepare periodic reports on court proceedings, as required. · importance 2.7

See all tasks on the Judicial Law Clerks page.

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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-19050,
  title  = {Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-19050}
}