AI under scrutiny among legal professionals: do they use it daily? Is it a blessing or a curse for the industry?

Figures cited

• 31 %

  share of legal professionals using AI daily to draft legal work

  3,129 legal professionals in Denmark, Spain, France, Norway and Sweden, Karnov's Inside the Legal Mind 2026 study

  « el 31% de los profesionales reconoce utilizarla a diario para redactar trabajos legales »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 28 %

  share of professionals using AI weekly

  same sample as above

  « Otro 28% de profesionales afirma emplearla semanalmente »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 10 %

  share of professionals who refuse to use AI

  same sample

  « Y un 10%, la vieja escuela, representa la resistencia que se niega a usar este tipo de atajos »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 62 %

  share of law firms believing AI improves the quality of legal advice

  law firms, same study

  « El 62% de los despachos estima que la mejora »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 33 %

  share of court, police and prosecution staff who think AI reduces the quality of legal advice

  courts, police, prosecution, same study

  « un 33% cree que empeora el asesoramiento, siendo la opción más votada »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 34 %

  share of respondents who view clients having access to AI tools for their legal questions as negative

  same sample

  « El 34% de los encuestados lo considera negativo »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 19 %

  share of respondents who view clients having access to AI tools as positive

  same sample

  « frente a un 19% que lo percibe como algo positivo »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 43 %

  share of respondents expecting a loss of skills among junior lawyers to a great extent

  same sample

  « El 43% de los encuestados anticipa que este escenario se producirá "en gran medida" »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 74 %

  share of Spanish legal professionals who are sure or very sure that the GPT generation of lawyers will be less well prepared

  legal professionals in Spain, same study

  « En España, el 74% de los juristas encuestados está seguro o muy seguro de que la generación GPT de juristas (como ha bautizado algún medio) estará peor preparada »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 60 %

  share of corporate legal departments that have adopted an ethical framework on AI

  corporate legal departments, same study

  « el 60% de los departamentos jurídicos de empresas ha aprobado marcos éticos para su utilización »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 54 %

  share of law firms that have adopted an ethical framework on AI

  law firms, same study

  « Ha hecho lo propio el 54% de los bufetes »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 47 %

  share of police and justice bodies that have adopted an ethical framework on AI

  police and judicial bodies, same study

  « el 47% de los organismos policiales y judiciales »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• 51 %

  share of public administrations that have adopted an ethical framework on AI

  public offices, same study

  « y el 51% de las oficinas públicas »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026

• — %

  estimated time savings from AI on document-related and research tasks

  estimate by legal professional and professor Moisés Barrio

  « Moisés Barrio estima un ahorro de tiempo de entre el 40% y el 80% en tareas documentales y de investigación gracias a la inteligencia artificial »

  Source: Moisés Barrio

• 50 %

  share of legal professionals aged 30-39 who have considered leaving their job in the past six months

  legal professionals aged 30-39, same study

  « uno de cada dos se ha planteado dejar su lugar de trabajo en los últimos seis meses »

  Source: Karnov, Inside the Legal Mind 2026