AI Use Jumps in Corporate Legal Departments, New Survey Says

Generative artificial intelligence adoption in corporate legal departments increased significantly in 2024, a new survey found.

Forty-four percent of legal department leaders surveyed for FTI Consulting and Relativity’s 2025 General Counsel Report released Wednesday said their departments are using gen AI, up from 28% in the 2024 report.

The growing adoption of gen AI in legal departments reflects the realization of the long-professed belief that legal work is uniquely suited for AI transformation.

“It’s changing so much and so rapidly,” Wendy King, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, said in an interview. “It’s almost like ...