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Worth Reading – The AI Strategy Divide in Law: Thomson Reuters Survey Says Strategic AI Adoption Is the Key to AI Success

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This shouldn’t surprise anyone:

A study out today from Thomson Reuters reveals a stark division within the legal profession: When it comes to reaping the benefits of AI, organizations with clear AI strategies are dramatically outperforming those without them, creating an increasingly pronounced competitive divide.

https://www.lawnext.com/2025/06/the-ai-strategy-divide-in-law-thomson-reuters-survey-says-strategic-ai-adoption-is-the-key-to-ai-success.html

The challenge, of course, is who is driving the strategy? If firm leadership isn’t driving it, you could wind up with AI adoption being pushed from the ground up, and strategic decisions being left to IT personnel or a Tech committee that lacks the authority to make those decisions. In the vacuum of leadership on AI adoption, though, someone will step in.

It just might not be the people who are making the most strategic decisions for your firm.

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