Do we need entry-level attorneys? That’s a question posed in The Australian Financial Review:

Minters had found that graduates were actually attracted to the cutting-edge tech.

The firm had offered a Microsoft Copilot licence to its summer clerks – the interns who work a summer at the firm before their final year, then often return as graduates – and the results were unexpected.

“One, it attracted some amazing people; but two, it attracted some amazing people who are attracted by the ability to use that tool,” she said.

They were tasked to come up with a new idea or product using AI by the end of their internship. “Some of the use-cases they came up with were fantastic. You’re just taking bright minds, and you’re applying them and using them in a different way.”

So lawyers are heading into AI to build new things, and work in new ways.

Read the article here.