Preliminary survey results point to gaps around AI governance, tracking and law firm transparency. Have a different take? Participate in the survey and add your perspective.

AI may be moving quickly up the corporate legal agenda, but preliminary results from our 2026 Global Corporate Counsel Benchmarking Survey suggest many legal departments are still working through how to govern, measure and manage its impact.

The initial responses point to some interesting disconnects:

• AI governance is emerging as a significant source of demand for in-house teams, reinforcing just how much the conversation has shifted from experimenting with AI to managing its use across the business.
  
• There appears to be a gap between legal departments’ priorities and what they actually measure. Automation and technology rank among the top operational priorities, yet relatively few respondents are tracking them as KPIs. Instead, more traditional measures, such as overall legal spend and outside counsel spend, continue to dominate.
  
• 43% of respondents say their legal departments do not yet have a formal position on outside counsel using AI on their matters.

These are only preliminary findings, and we want to know whether they reflect what’s happening in your legal department.

Take our 2026 Global Corporate Counsel Benchmarking Survey to add your perspective and help us build a clearer picture of how the in-house legal function is evolving.

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