The Outsourced Back Office Just Hit Its Ceiling: Why Mid-Market Law Firms Are Pulling Legal Accounting Back In-House in 2026

For a decade, the sensible advice to a growing law firm was to outsource the books. In 2026 that advice is quietly reversing - not because outsourced bookkeepers got worse, but because the cost of a two-week information lag got much higher. Here is what changed, and what firms are actually rebuilding in-house.