Being a practicing lawyer is steeped in tradition and all kinds of archaic things (wigs?). What I meant by 'lawyer' is not paralegal or research but being admitted to the bar and allowed to practice law. I really don't see a computer getting a pass on that anytime soon simply because the bar association is made up of lawyers.

That research can be aided and may be done by a computer is beyond dispute at this point, but that job is called being a 'paralegal'.

Being a paralegal is usually a step to becoming a lawyer so I can see a bit of a continuity problem there.