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The Thomson Reuters Institute’s Legal coverage focuses on the business of law, including critical issues of great importance to lawyers, whether within law firms, corporate law departments, or solo practices.

2024 Report on the State of the US Legal Market

In this year's report, we look at the current tumultuous environment for the legal industry and what law firm leaders can do to best navigate through

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Law firm rates in 2024

A new report shows law firms are continuing their impressive run of growth in billing rates; however, potentially softer demand in 2025 may make such continued strong rate growth an important necessity

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Legal data & metrics

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Q3 LFFI Analysis: Am Law 100 Law Firms take different paths that lead to the same result — record profit growth - Thomson Reuters Institute

In Q3, Am Law 100 law firms had profit growth at record levels, but the two halves of the segment followed different pathways to get there.
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Q3 LFFI Analysis: As law firms’ transactional practices continue their comeback, will M&A join the party soon? - Thomson Reuters Institute

In Q3, the robustness of the legal industry was such that the LFFI reached its second-highest score of all time, but what is driving growth?
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The declining case for old school lawyer productivity metrics - Thomson Reuters Institute

As artificial intelligence changes the way lawyers practice law, law firms also should change how they measure their lawyers' performance.
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Legal practice management

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Pricing legal technology and the impact on the role of the pricing professional: Changing roles and skills - Thomson Reuters Institute

In a new blog series, we look at the potential changes in how legal services are priced and how that will impact law firms’ pricing teams.
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Law Firm COO & CFO Forum: The state of the US legal market - Thomson Reuters Institute

A panel of law firm executives and general counsel outlined what they see as the key issues that will impact the US legal market in 2025.
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Will alternative fee arrangements be the new pricing model for AI-driven legal work? - Thomson Reuters Institute

With GenAI set to disrupt how lawyers work, it may also alter the relationship between corporate law departments and their outside counsel.
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Legal marketplace

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Law Firm COO & CFO Forum: Preparing for the law firm of 2034 - Thomson Reuters Institute

A recent panel of legal leaders looked at what the future holds for law firms and what it is going to take to get them there successfully.
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AI for Legal Aid: How to empower clients in need - Thomson Reuters Institute

In this second part of this blog series, we look at how AI-driven technologies can empower those legal aid clients who may be most in need.
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AI for Legal Aid: How to supercharge legal services organizations - Thomson Reuters Institute

How can legal aid service groups leverage AI-driven technology tools to better pursue their missions of justice and service to those in need?
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Legal talent & inclusion

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Pricing AI-driven legal services: An AI-powered OODA Loop - Thomson Reuters Institute

Fast, accurate execution of critical decision pathways is essential, and lawyers who adopt AI early will have a decision-making advantage.
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Organizational Resilience: An ROI that actually pays off - Thomson Reuters Institute

in the last part of our blog series, we look at how leaders can show value in pursuing an organizational resilience-focused workplace culture.
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Organizational Resilience: The process of building resilience within your company - Thomson Reuters Institute

In our latest blog series, we look at how leaders can build organizational resilience to better foster sustainable change in their companies.
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Legal technology

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Agentic AI in legal: What it is and why it may appear in law firms soon - Thomson Reuters Institute

Future legal teams will have attorneys and AI agents working together. Sound futuristic? A recent panel said it’s closer than you might think.
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Getting the best of GenAI: How to use prompt engineering - Thomson Reuters Institute

Effective use of GenAI requires mastering prompt engineering, which involves crafting clear & specific instructions to guide AI for accuracy.
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Why data transformation is no longer the only imperative for AI’s longevity and adoption - Thomson Reuters Institute

No longer a one-and-done, data auditability must be designed for automation & continuous iteration that’s now needed for all forms of AI fuel
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