06/08/2026
“Will AI replace attorneys?”
Our answer is simple: AI is a powerful tool, but it is NOT a lawyer, just like it isn’t your friend or significant other.
AI didn’t go to law school. It didn’t pass the bar. It doesn’t swear an oath. And it doesn’t owe you anything like confidentiality, loyalty, competence, or accountability.
That matters because AI can be wrong. Sometimes it creates information that looks true but isn’t. That includes fake cases, incorrect legal citations, and made-up facts.
Courts are now seeing an increase in what we call pro se filings, cases filed by people representing themselves, and many of them are assisted by AI. While some may be brought in good faith, others are frivolous, legally unsupported, or filed in the wrong court. And that creates a real problem: it wastes the court’s time, the parties’ time, and can ultimately hurt the person filing the case.
One federal judge put it plainly: “This wastes both the parties’ and the Court’s time attempting to locate nonexistent cases and unpack made up factual assertions.”
Now, AI can help people access legal information, and that can be valuable. But legal information is not the same as legal advice.
If you’re dealing with a REAL legal issue, don’t put your confidential information on a public AI platform, and don’t rely on AI alone to protect your rights.
At the Joubert Law Firm, we believe technology should be used responsibly with human judgment, ethics, and real legal experience behind it.
