A new report finds that in-house attorneys are more likely than law firm counterparts to use AI tools in their legal work, even as law firms’ resistance to AI tools may cost them business.
Firms continue to lag well behind in-house teams in AI adoption, according to a new report published by contract management solutions provider Ironclad.
According to the 2025 State of AI in Legal report, firm attorneys trail counterparts in legal departments by 26 percentage points in AI adoption, with only 55% of firm attorneys using AI tools for legal work compared to 81% of in-house lawyers.
