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    The share of each legal task that professionals say still requires human judgment.

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    Does This Work Require Human-Only Abilities?

    Percentage of tasks classified as requiring human-only abilities versus those AI can assist with.

    Measured data - pre-processed from HAQQ's real Legal AI Index usage dataset (134,000+ data points across 30 countries) or HAQQ's own /50 cross-model legal benchmark.

    Across the twelve tasks HAQQ measured, professionals consistently say human judgment remains necessary, with agreement never dropping below 88.9%. The clearest case is client-facing legal instructions, where 100% of respondents say a human is still required. Even the most "automatable"-seeming task, preparing legal documents like contracts and wills, still holds at 88.9%. The pattern suggests AI is being adopted as a drafting and research accelerant, not as a substitute for the judgment and accountability lawyers apply at the point of client interaction.
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