Prepare written opinions and decisions.

“Prepare written opinions and decisions.” is a core task performed by Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#3 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 E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. 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.

• 0.016% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 98% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.9 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 97% 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

• Determine existence and amount of liability according to current laws, administrative and judicial precedents, and available evidence. · importance 4.7
• Monitor and direct the activities of trials and hearings to ensure that they are conducted fairly and that courts administer justice while safeguarding the legal rights of all involved parties. · importance 4.7
• Authorize payment of valid claims and determine method of payment. · importance 4.6
• Conduct hearings to review and decide claims regarding issues, such as social program eligibility, environmental protection, or enforcement of health and safety regulations. · importance 4.6
• Research and analyze laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions to prepare for hearings and to determine conclusions. · importance 4.5
• Review and evaluate data on documents, such as claim applications, birth or death certificates, or physician or employer records. · importance 4.4
• Recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or compromise settlements according to laws, regulations, policies, and precedent decisions. · importance 4.3
• Rule on exceptions, motions, and admissibility of evidence. · importance 4.3
• Explain to claimants how they can appeal rulings that go against them. · importance 4.2
• Schedule hearings. · importance 4.1
• Confer with individuals or organizations involved in cases to obtain relevant information. · importance 4.0
• Issue subpoenas and administer oaths in preparation for formal hearings. · importance 3.8
• Conduct studies of appeals procedures in field agencies to ensure adherence to legal requirements and to facilitate determination of cases. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 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-7617,
  title  = {Prepare written opinions and decisions.},
  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-7617}
}