13. Thomson Reuters says most legal departments still do not measure AI ROI
Thomson Reuters’ AI trends piece says 87 percent of legal professionals expect AI centrality, while only 40 percent of organizations currently use it and 82 percent of legal departments fail to measure AI ROI.
BY MIDSIZED DESK · JUNE 16, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
Thomson Reuters’ AI trends piece says 87 percent of legal professionals expect AI centrality, while only 40 percent of organizations currently use it and 82 percent of legal departments fail to measure AI ROI. For midsized firms, this is a change-management warning: adoption without measurement creates anecdotes, not a durable operating model.