Also called: Legal AI Analyst, AI Legal Operations Specialist, Legal Prompt Engineer, Law Firm AI Specialist
Sets up and tests AI tools at a law firm or legal department and trains lawyers and paralegals to use them for research, drafting and document review.
You test an AI research tool on 20 real questions and check every case it cites, catching two that don't exist. Then you build a prompt template for drafting leases and run a lunch training for the real estate team.
Estimate; BLS paralegals earn $62,890 median (May 2025), and AI specialists at large firms earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's degree; many were paralegals or lawyers first, and some come from legal tech or data jobs.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, Computer Science, Law (pre-law).
Growing about average. Law firms and corporate legal teams are adding AI roles quickly, while some routine paralegal work shrinks.
Medium risk for 10 years. Tools get easier and more built-in, so the role may merge into legal operations; checking AI's legal accuracy and training people stay human.
Classes: English and writing, Government or civics, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-2099.
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