The funny thing about your post is that the law profession is one of the hardest hit by automation over the past few years... not exactly a safe haven for people fleeing other fields.

Automation isn't just about factories full of robots, it is about software allowing 1 professional to do the job that 10-20 people used to do.

A field doesn't have to be fully automated before automation destroys the economic viability of the field for possible newcomers to it.