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Will AI replace legal assistants?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting legal assistants. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 31 live legal assistants openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 10% of current legal assistants openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
31live openings
10%ask for AI skills
6%remote
10companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
Employers still ask most for: Communication, Attention to Detail, Microsoft Office, Genetics, U.S. immigration laws, Career Development — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| The United Firm | La Liga Defensora, APC | 13 |
| Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals | 5 |
| Tyson & Mendes LLP | 4 |
| Brandon J. Broderick | 3 |
| Secretariat | 1 |
| Picnic | 1 |
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