The Uses of Digital and AI By Legal Workers in France: The Case of Notaries

What are the effects of digital and AI on legal work activities? Based on survey data on the notarial profession and a comparison with other legal professions, we will examine the uses of digital technology and AI by legal professionals (particularly in terms of appropriation and resistance) as well as the contrasting effects of these technologies on tasks and activities, their organisation and working conditions in their temporal (working time, reconciliation with other temporalities, dispersion in work, etc.) and social (sociability, communication between workers, etc.) dimensions. ) and social aspects (sociability, communication between workers, etc.), social aspects (sociability, communication between workers, etc.) and spatial aspects (remote/on-site working, office reorganisation, flex office, etc.). These uses and effects vary according to the job, career path, activity, specialisation and structure of the workplace.