New research: State of AI Readiness in Legal 2026

Everyone's using AI. Almost nobody feels ready for it.

160 legal professionals across the UK and US told us what's actually happening with AI inside their firms, including the adoption, the governance gaps, and the fears nobody says out loud.

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What's inside?

  • Where AI adoption actually stands, from pilots to daily use, and the gap between the leading edge and the rest of the market.
  • Governance: who owns it, who doesn't, and why having a policy isn't the same as having control.
  • The AI Fear Index: what's really keeping legal leaders up at night.
  • The real barriers stopping pilots from scaling, and why they're rarely about the technology.
  • What "ready to scale" looks like, and why only 1 in 3 firms believe they're there.

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AI is only as good as the knowledge behind it.