The State of In-House Legal Teams in 2025

Global insights on how legal teams are adapting to pressure, tech, and AI.

The pressure is on

In-house legal teams are facing record workloads, tighter budgets, and rising expectations for transparency. The question every leader is asking:

How are modern teams keeping up?

We surveyed hundreds of legal professionals — General Counsel, Legal Ops leaders, and in-house counsel — to find out how they’re transforming the way legal work gets done.

Inside the report

• Moving from firefighting to foresight with smarter matter management
• Using legal tech every day — and which tools they rely on most
• Tracking their Legal Ops maturity across visibility, automation, and AI
• Taking a pragmatic approach to AI adoption
• Building data-driven credibility with reporting and dashboards