AI adoption among legal professionals has more than doubled in a year, new 8am report finds
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Nearly seven in ten legal professionals now use generative AI at work — but firm-level policy and training haven't kept pace with individual adoption.
Nearly seven in 10 legal professionals now use generative AI tools for work — a figure that more than doubled in a single year — but the majority of law firms still lack formal AI policies or training programs, according to the 2026 Legal Industry Report released by 8am, the legal technology company behind LawPay, MyCase, CasePeer and DocketWise.
The report, written by Nicole Black, 8am’s principal legal insight strategist (and a panelist on our Legaltech Week podcast), is based on a survey of more than 1,300 legal professionals conducted between Sept. 19 and Oct. 18, 2025.
Now in its fifth year, the report covers three major topic areas: gen AI adoption and perspectives, access to justice and the rule of law — the latter two topics included for the first time this year.…
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