Executive summary
This report helps law firms and legal departments decide how each type of legal work should be priced, delivered and governed as AI changes the economics of legal services. It turns a market read into a documented posture for each work type and an order for AI investment.
What is inside
What this report covers
Inside are the market read and indicators, a five-factor work-type matrix with decision rules, a pricing economics test, a 90-day plan, governance and risk tables, KPIs and a fully reconciled synthetic example.
- The decision this report supports and who should use it
- Market fundamentals and the report in plain terms
- Headline indicators, chart data and official benchmarks
- Definitions and planning assumptions
- Work-type matrix, posture rules and economics test
- Current-state reading and strategic signals
- Options, AI opportunities and business case logic
- Recommended posture, sequencing and gates
- 90-day activation plan with owners
- Decision rights, risk register and professional-responsibility controls
- KPIs and benefit tracking
- Synthetic worked example, failure case and exercise
- Working tools, sources and review record