For the second year in row, summer associates at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will have the option of engaging in a Build a Bot initiative that allows them to take a crack at automating the legal function of their choice.

In some ways, the program is already the perfect fit for the firm’s first completely virtual summer program. But whether it’s also symptomatic of a new urgency surrounding law firms and their use of bots that automate tasks remains to be seen.