Write decisions on cases.

“Write decisions on cases.” is a core task performed by Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#5 most important). About 97% 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

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.

• 0.010% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 97% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.1 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 96% 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

• 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
• Instruct juries on applicable laws, direct juries to deduce the facts from the evidence presented, and hear their verdicts. · importance 4.7
• 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
• 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-5653,
  title  = {Write decisions on cases.},
  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-5653}
}