AI: A Modern Job Creator

Summary

This chapter shows how artificial intelligence and other technologies are creating new jobs and new employers in the legal space, and how those new roles require new skill sets and new ways of thinking—for both lawyers and other professionals in the industry. The primary job in the legal services industry has been the licensed lawyer or attorney. The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) is an association of in‐house legal operations professionals that has grown rapidly in recent years from just a few dozen members in early 2016 to over 2,400 members today. Another sector of the legal industry that is creating new legal jobs is the Alternative Legal Service Provider (ALSP) sector, also sometimes referred to as New Law or Law Companies. Some ALSPs are staffing operations, providing a flexible workforce for large‐scale projects.