ANALYSIS: ALSPs Are Widely Used but Potentially Underutilized

Almost two-thirds of respondents to Bloomberg Law’s 2022 Legal Ops & Tech Survey revealed that their organizations outsource legal work to alternative legal service providers (ALSPs). But when asked how much of this work is actually being sent to ALSPs, about half of the law firm and in-house lawyer respondents reported outsourcing only 1-19% of their legal work.

While these results indicate that most respondents are using ALSPs, it’s interesting that they’re being used for a relatively small portion of an organization’s workflow, despite the specialized services and cost-saving potential ALSPs offer. And when the data is broken down ...