What CoCounsel Can Do
Legal research across case law
Contract review and analysis
Document summarization
Brief drafting assistance
Regulatory compliance checking
Deposition preparation
Jobs Threatened by CoCounsel
HIGH IMPACT
Paralegal
At-risk tasks: Legal research compilation, Document review, Case file organization
Law Clerk
At-risk tasks: Case law research, Brief summaries, Cite-checking
MEDIUM IMPACT
Junior Associate
At-risk tasks: First-draft briefs, Due diligence review, Discovery documents
What CoCounsel Can't Do (Yet)
Cannot exercise legal judgment
Requires attorney review of all output
May miss nuanced legal arguments
No courtroom presence or advocacy
Where Humans Still Win
These are the skills and capabilities that keep you valuable despite CoCounsel:
Legal strategy and judgment
Courtroom advocacy and persuasion
Client counseling and empathy
Negotiation and settlement
How to Stay Ahead of CoCounsel
1
Learn to use it: Become the person who leverages CoCounsel rather than competes with it. Master prompt engineering and AI-assisted workflows.
2
Develop human-only skills: Focus on the advantages listed above: emotional intelligence, creative vision, ethical judgment, and relationship building.
3
Move up the value chain: Transition from execution to strategy. AI handles tasks; humans provide vision and judgment.