Law Firms Are Deploying AI Faster Than They Can Measure It: The 2026 ROI Gap and Why Your Financial System Is the Missing Scoreboard

AI adoption among legal professionals more than doubled in a year, yet most firms still cannot prove what it is worth. New 2026 research shows firms are rolling out AI faster than they can measure changes in lawyer behavior. The fix isn't another AI tool — it's connecting AI to the financial data that actually shows ROI.