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May 26, 2026Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE

Thinking Like a Lawyer in the Age of Generative AI: Cognitive Limits on AI Adoption Among Lawyers

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DSDaniel SchwarczDDDebarati DasDKDongyeop Kang

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Overview

Essay explores how cognitive challenges hinder lawyers' understanding of AI outputs, impacting legal practice.

Key Points

  • This essay examines the cognitive barriers lawyers face in understanding and utilizing generative AI for legal work. These obstacles particularly affect junior lawyers' capabilities.
  • Qualitative analysis of AI's role in legal practice
  • Exploration of cognitive limits faced by lawyers
  • Discussion of the implications for client advising and legal reasoning
  • Lawyers struggle with complex AI-generated responses, impairing their evaluation of AI outputs.
  • Junior lawyers are especially affected by these cognitive challenges.
  • The study raises broader questions about human-AI interactions in expert domains.

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Schwarcz et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a153a2eb5d9c58d83e8cff1https://doi.org/10.1628/jite-2026-0005
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