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Anyone use the AI CoCounsel? Seems dumb to take on $400k in debt for law school

I still think that lawyers are in as good a place as anyone ...
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this is many white collar industries tho -- experienced ppl ...
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someone has to write the prompts and copy the output to an e...
have you ever looked at a quarter
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The Penis
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Alternatively, juniors that strike out on their own can take...
Garfieldguy2000
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you still have to have a baseline level of experience to do ...
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Dealing with people outside of my area, I can tell you there...
you're the puppet
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Check the citations! It's super valuable and I use it every ...
you're the puppet
  08/02/26
taking on debt to go to law school at this point is suicide
Covid was a Hoax
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taking on a bunch of debt for law school has been a bad idea...
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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


I still think that lawyers are in as good a place as anyone to survive the upcoming AI apocalypse, but seems incredibly risky to take on debt.

You can ask this thing any random legal question, "Can I sell a subscription service to chinchilla pets?" and it will spit out a report of applicable laws in all 50 states.

You can upload a contract with 20 amendments and just start asking questions about what the term and termination rights are.

It's obviously not perfect, but it's probably doing as good a job or better than a junior associate. We know how greedy lawyers are - existing lawyers are not going to hire juniors out of the goodness of their heart...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041839)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:26 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


this is many white collar industries tho -- experienced ppl will be ok bc they can be good AI babysitters, and jr ppl will be useless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041851)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: have you ever looked at a quarter

someone has to write the prompts and copy the output to an excel file for me to look at

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041854)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: The Penis



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:29 PM
Author: Garfieldguy2000

Alternatively, juniors that strike out on their own can take on a variety of case types they'd otherwise have been unable to. I've been expanding my practice area and just using AI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041859)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:31 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


you still have to have a baseline level of experience to do a good job in something with AI. of course, if you're doing some shitlaw where the written work product doesnt need to be perfect, slide and let do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041863)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:58 PM
Author: you're the puppet

Dealing with people outside of my area, I can tell you there will be a solid 10-20% of the time that they won't even know what questions to ask. But that's today. In ten years or so it will probably be smarter than any lawyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041895)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 10:57 PM
Author: you're the puppet

Check the citations! It's super valuable and I use it every day but I swear to you copilot cited Colorado law when I was looking at Connecticut and when I checked the cite and pointed this out IT DID IT AGAIN.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041893)



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Date: August 2nd, 2026 11:04 PM
Author: Covid was a Hoax

taking on debt to go to law school at this point is suicide

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50041905)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 6:48 AM
Author: 2010 era James Damiano spammer ((zurich is stained))

taking on a bunch of debt for law school has been a bad idea for 25-30 years, but it's now downright idiotic for most people. imagine borrowing 6 figures to go to cooley or california western school of law and automotive repair (in a strip mall next to a del taco), university of baltimore, etc.

side note: the associate i brought with me to my current firm has undergrad debt, debt from a MYMASTERS (in, i believe, "creative writing" lmao) and debt from GW law in the amount of $400k. she was giving me shit a while back because she drives an audi convertible and i drive a used 4Runner. guess race.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5888941&forum_id=2)#50042138)



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Date: August 3rd, 2026 7:04 AM
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