Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts.

“Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts.” is a core task performed by Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 18th by importance (#4 most important). About 84% 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.

• Direct legal activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Sentence defendants in criminal cases, on conviction by jury, according to applicable government statutes. · importance 4.8
• Rule on custody and access disputes, and enforce court orders regarding custody and support of children. · importance 4.7
• Monitor proceedings to ensure that all applicable rules and procedures are followed. · importance 4.7
• Write decisions on cases. · importance 4.6
• Read documents on pleadings and motions to ascertain facts and issues. · importance 4.6
• Rule on admissibility of evidence and methods of conducting testimony. · importance 4.6
• Preside over hearings and listen to allegations made by plaintiffs to determine whether the evidence supports the charges. · importance 4.6
• Conduct preliminary hearings to decide issues, such as whether there is reasonable and probable cause to hold defendants in felony cases. · importance 4.6
• Award compensation for damages to litigants in civil cases in relation to findings by juries or by the court. · importance 4.6
• Advise attorneys, juries, litigants, and court personnel regarding conduct, issues, and proceedings. · importance 4.5
• Research legal issues and write opinions on the issues. · importance 4.5
• Grant divorces and divide assets between spouses. · importance 4.4
• Interpret and enforce rules of procedure or establish new rules in situations where there are no procedures already established by law. · importance 4.4
• Participate in judicial tribunals to help resolve disputes. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-5643,
  title  = {Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts.},
  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/tasks/task-5643}
}