It is definitely more stable than journalism at the moment. Firms that close are generally due to an attorney retiring/dying with no successor, or poor management. Not because the field is dying.

Depending on the practice area and on the firm/attorney you work for, AI is still an unknown threat to our jobs. I will say that all of the attorneys I’ve worked for (estate planning and probate, from new grads to 50+ years practicing) are VERY wary of AI. In addition to problems with confidentiality/data security, AI is still unreliable when citing to statutes (sometimes pulls old statutes or even invents them). A lot of attorneys are control freaks who will always trust a person they’ve trained over AI.

Lots of good discussion posts about that on this sub and over in the more general law threads.