人工智能：拥抱变革与加强保护——法律行业2025年风险指数

The Legal Industry’s 2025 Risk Index Confidence and Clarity Take Center Stage, a Marked Shift Year-over-Year Embroker, July 2025 Over the past year, the legal profession has shown significant shifts in business priorities, risk perceptions, and attitudes toward AIadoption. These changes also reflect a greater level of confidence and clarity across multiple business topics, showcasing moresure-footed positions in their desire to manage and mitigate risk through financial tools like insurance coverage, their adoption of Shifts in Priorities and Optimism What makes you most hopeful for your business the coming year? Successful adoption of technologyto improve internal processes In 2025, legal professionals’ optimism forthe health of their business in the comingyear became slightly muted year-over-year (YoY), with respondents averaging Positive industry partnershipsor collaborations 2024= 70% Enhanced firm reputation and/orbrand visibility 2025= 65% Shifts in Priorities and Optimism The top three business priorities for 2025 identified by law professionals wereInfrastructure (IT, equipment, office space, etc.), technological advancement/ This reflects strategic shifts to embrace new technologies and bolster business stability and operational resilience compared to lastyear’s survey, which identified employee hiring/retention, networking and sales growth as top priorities for 2024. Internal Risks: Reputation and Employee Claims at the Forefront Risks internal to law professionals’ company or organization have shifted notably year-over-year. Unlike last year when the rising cost ofbusiness ranked #1, this year reputational challenges stemming from public controversies tied withemployment-related claimsas thedominant issues keeping respondents up at night (both at 47%). This pivot suggests intensifying pressures related to staff management AI Adoption Hits an Inflection Point The legal industry’s cautious stance toward AI has evolved dramatically. Reported AI usagesurged from 22% in 2024 to 80% in 2025. Legal professionals are officially leaning into the power – and risks – that come with embracing AI adoption. They have broadenedtheir horizons in applications as well, primarily using AI to enhance professional services, automate client support, and strengthen Concerns about AI persist, with respondents highlighting risks of over-reliance leading to professional liability risks (43%), dataprivacy breaches (38%), and legal/ethical issues due to misuse (37%). However, the profession is clearly getting its AI sea legs, Disruptive Tech & Professional Liability Threats Take Center Stage Similarly, top external threats have shifted from economic pressures to challenges around disruptive technology and professionalliability threats. Although inflation concern remains,it dropped sharply from52% last year to 28% this year, signaling that persistent The top three external risks encountered in 2024: 1stChallenges adapting to disruptive technologies(e.g., AI tools, LLMs, etc.) –53% 2ndProfessional liability claims, legal malpracticethreats or other litigation suits –51% 3rdCybersecurity breaches, attacks or threats –40% Insurance and Risk Management: Reinforcing Safety Nets withEnhanced Confidence and Clarity Legal professionals show markedly increased focus and savvy around their insurance protections in 2025. Proactive plans to addressunderinsurance have jumped, with45% reporting upgrading their policiesin response to 2024’s risk landscape, a considerable leapfromjust 14% indicating such plans the previous year. This marks a sharp shift over the findings from spring 2024, when lawyers Would your current insurancepolicies cover against the They’re adapting and evolving their risk response approach … Those in the legal field are no longer unclear about if – or how – they plan to shift their risk response approach in the face of thechanging risk landscape. The profession is largely taking the proverbial bull by the horns and embracing the importance of The Legal Industry’s 2025 Risk Index reveals an industryat a critical turning point —embracing technologicaltransformation, increasing insurance protections, andbecoming strategically bolder in the face of risk. While optimismremains stable, legal professionals are navigating heightenedreputational concerns, adapting rapidly to disruptive technologies, Methodology: Embroker commissioned a survey of 245 US-based full-time legal professionals in June 2025. All answers