I never get the same answer from any two lawyers. I hate law as a result. With developers you might get disagreements based on experience, but there's usually a strong consensus on specific things, with lawyers and courts its all over the flipping place. I wouldn't be surprised if LLMs can "pass" on paper (ie college exams) but in practice, they might 'struggle' in different courts.
...On the other hand, if an LLM has access to every transcript of every case a Judge has overseen, they might have an unfair advantage in any case... Hmmm...
This all assuming the AI lawyer doesn't hallucinate and start referencing cases that don't exist.
I now foresee a future where law firms have models trained on all the transcriptions of individual judges, lawyers and prosecutors, and run agents against them to decide on the optimal strategy for a case.
Agree, though I've also heard from a lawyer to be very careful trusting an LLM for legal advise, and I believe them because the law is insanely nuanced (they disagree with me on this) just talk to a room of lawyers about what should be "simple" clean cut legal issues, and they might ALL disagree based on nuanced reasons and personal experiences with cases.