“A lawyer robot!”

“One with a far greater memory capacity than any of the others and with a brain-computer that operates on logic. That’s what law is, isn’t it — logic?”

“I suppose it is,” said Lee. “At least it’s supposed to be.”

“I can make a lot of them.” Lee sighed. “It just wouldn’t work. To practice law, you must be admitted to the bar. To be admitted to the bar, you must have a degree in law and pass an examination and, although there’s never been an occasion to establish a precedent, I suspect the applicant must be human.”

“Now let’s not go too fast,” said Knight. “Albert’s robots couldn’t practice law. But couldn’t you use them as clerks - or assistants? They might be helpful in preparing the case.”

Lee considered. “I suppose it could be done. It’s never been done, of course, but there’s nothing in the law that says it can't be done.”

“All they’d need to do would be read the books,” said Albert. “Ten seconds to a page or so. Everything they read would be stored in their memory cells.”

“I think it’s a fine idea!” Knight exclaimed. “Law would be the only thing those robots would know. They’d exist solely for it. They’d have it at their fingertips — ”

“But could they use it?” Lee asked. “Could they apply it to a problem?”

“Make a dozen robots,” said Knight. “Let each one of them become an expert in a certain branch of law.”

(Lawyer robot from 'How-2' (1954) by by Clifford Simak)

Albert made three dozen lawyer robots, just to be sure they had enough.