Associate-Work on LegalRealist AIhttps://legalrealist.ai/tags/associate-work/Recent content in Associate-Work on LegalRealist AIHugo -- gohugo.ioenhi@legalrealist.ai (LegalRealist AI)hi@legalrealist.ai (LegalRealist AI)© 2026 LegalRealist AIThu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000Can AI Do What a BigLaw Associate Does?https://legalrealist.ai/posts/42-apex-benchmark/Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000hi@legalrealist.ai (LegalRealist AI)https://legalrealist.ai/posts/42-apex-benchmark/The APEX benchmark — built by Mercor, with tasks authored by BigLaw-experienced lawyers and advised by Cass Sunstein — is the most rigorous test of whether AI can perform real legal work. The answer is more specific than vendors or skeptics suggest.