They’re already there.
According to OpenAI’s Enterprise Signals report (August 2026), users of its AI agents in corporate legal teams grew 108× since February: the fastest growth of any function.
And yet, in a Best Lawyers survey of 344 Canadian law firms, just 7% had fully implemented AI tools across multiple practice areas. Everyone is watching. Almost nobody has finished.
Best Lawyers, survey of Canadian law firms, December 2025.(opens in a new tab)