{ "question": "How many law firms use AI?", "answer": "71% of solo practitioners and 75% of small law firms use AI to complete legal work, per Clio's May 2026 solo and small firm report, a vendor survey. Use rises with firm size: in the ABA's late-2024 survey of US attorneys, 17.7% of solo practitioners' offices used AI tools, against 47.8% at firms of 500 or more lawyers.", "period": "2026", "key_numbers": [ { "value": "71%", "label": "Solo practitioners using AI to complete legal work", "note": "Clio, May 2026 report; sample not stated", "stat": "law-firm-marketing/solo-law-firm-ai-use-2026" }, { "value": "75%", "label": "Small law firms using AI to complete legal work", "note": "Clio, May 2026 report; sample not stated", "stat": "law-firm-marketing/small-law-firm-ai-use-2026" }, { "value": "93%", "label": "Mid-sized law firms using AI", "note": "Clio mid-sized firm report, March 2025", "stat": "law-firm-marketing/mid-sized-law-firm-ai-use" }, { "value": "30.2%", "label": "US attorneys whose office uses AI-based tools", "note": "ABA Legal Technology Survey, Oct-Dec 2024", "stat": "law-firm-marketing/aba-lawyer-office-ai-use-2024" }, { "value": "86%", "label": "Solo firms that made no pricing changes for AI", "note": "Clio, May 2026 report; 46% at enterprise firms", "stat": "law-firm-marketing/solo-firms-no-pricing-change-for-ai" }, { "value": "Under 33%", "label": "Solo and small firms that increased revenue with AI", "note": "Clio, May 2026 report; nearly 60% at enterprise firms", "stat": "law-firm-marketing/small-firms-ai-revenue-gain" } ], "tables": [ { "id": "by-size-2026", "title": "AI use and pricing changes by law firm size, Clio 2026", "columns": [ "Firm size", "Use AI to complete legal work", "Made no pricing changes for AI" ], "rows": [ [ "Solo", "71%", "86%" ], [ "Small", "75%", "78%" ], [ "Mid-market", "Not reported", "51%" ], [ "Enterprise", "Not reported", "46%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "clio26-solo", "clio26-small", "clio26-mid", "clio26-enterprise" ], "note": "From Clio's press release of 4 May 2026 (Legal Trends for Solo and Small Law Firms). Clio sells legal AI software. The release gives no sample size, field dates, countries covered or firm-size bands.", "source": "clio" }, { "id": "by-size-aba", "title": "US attorneys whose office uses AI-based tools, by firm size, ABA 2024", "columns": [ "Firm size", "Office uses AI-based tools" ], "rows": [ [ "Solo practitioners", "17.7%" ], [ "2-9 lawyers", "24.1%" ], [ "10-49 lawyers", "29.5%" ], [ "500 or more lawyers", "47.8%" ], [ "All respondents", "30.2%" ] ], "row_ids": [ "aba-solo", "aba-2-9", "aba-10-49", "aba-500-plus", "aba-all" ], "note": "ABA Legal Technology Survey, Online Research volume: 512 respondents, surveyed October to December 2024. The ABA summary page gives no figure for firms of 50-499 lawyers.", "source": "aba" }, { "id": "depth-by-size", "title": "How widely law firms use AI, by firm size, Clio reports", "columns": [ "Group", "Use AI in some capacity", "Use AI widely or universally", "Clio report and data" ], "rows": [ [ "Solo legal professionals", "72%", "8%", "Solo and small firm report, 2024 survey" ], [ "Small-firm legal professionals", "67%", "4%", "Solo and small firm report, 2024 survey" ], [ "Larger firms", "85%", "35%", "Solo and small firm report, 2024 survey" ], [ "All surveyed legal professionals", "79%", "25%", "Legal Trends Report 2024, June 2024 survey" ], [ "Mid-sized firms", "93%", "Over half", "Mid-sized firm report, 25 Mar 2025" ] ], "row_ids": [ "clio24-solo", "clio24-small", "clio24-larger", "clio24-all", "clio25-mid" ], "note": "Each population is taken from Clio's own page for it. First four rows: Clio pages whose methodology lists a survey of 1,028 US legal professionals (lawyers and support staff), 5-23 June 2024; the solo and small firm highlights page was updated 15 May 2025. Last row: Clio's mid-sized firm press release of 25 March 2025, which gives no sample size or field dates. That release also says 72% of 'smaller firms' use AI in some capacity and only 10% 'extensively', without defining smaller firms; those figures are not used here because they do not match Clio's solo and small firm page.", "source": "clio" }, { "id": "results", "title": "What AI has done for law firm revenue", "columns": [ "Finding", "Value", "Report" ], "rows": [ [ "Solo and small firms that increased revenue with AI", "Under 33%", "Clio, May 2026" ], [ "Enterprise firms that increased revenue with AI", "Nearly 60%", "Clio, May 2026" ], [ "Wide AI adopters vs non-adopters, likelihood of revenue growth", "Nearly 3x", "Clio Legal Trends Report, Oct 2025" ], [ "Firms that grew revenue with AI and credit better operations", "77%", "Clio Legal Trends Report, Oct 2025" ] ], "row_ids": [ "res-small-revenue", "res-enterprise-revenue", "res-wide-adopters", "res-operations" ], "note": "From Clio press releases of 4 May 2026 and 16 October 2025 (vendor reports; neither release gives a sample size). The 3x figure is an association, not proof that AI caused the growth.", "source": "clio" } ], "sources": [ { "name": "Legal Trends Report and Legal Trends for Solo, Small and Mid-Sized Law Firms", "publisher": "Clio (Themis Solutions Inc.)", "type": "vendor", "url": "https://www.clio.com/" }, { "name": "Legal Technology Survey (TechReport) and Profile of the Legal Profession", "publisher": "American Bar Association", "type": "industry", "url": "https://www.americanbar.org/" } ], "content_changed_on": "2026-10-30", "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/law-firm-marketing/law-firm-ai-use", "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/law-firm-marketing/law-firm-ai-use.csv" }