IP Law Daily, STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Legal experts discuss scaling AI in first webinar on Wolters Kluwer 2026 Future Ready Lawyer Survey, (Mar 19, 2026)

By Anne H. Gibson, J.D., LL.M.

The panel explored how to take AI from pilots to firm-wide adoption and delved into other insights from the survey.

Artificial intelligence is having a significant impact on the legal landscape, including on revenue, workflows, and talent and hiring. Nearly all legal professionals are now using at least one AI tool on a daily basis and most report time savings, according to the Wolters Kluwer 2026 Future Ready Lawyer (FRL) Survey Report, which was released on March 10. The survey, to which respondents from the United States, China, and nine European countries contributed, reveals the complex ways that lawyers, law firms, and legal departments are adopting, and adapting to, AI tools and how such tools are changing the very structure of the legal market.

The webinar, “Scaling AI Across Organizations,” was moderated by Grégoire Miot, Director of Product Management for Legal Regulatory at Wolters Kluwer, and President of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA), and was the first in a planned series of webinars highlighting the survey’s findings. The panel included Elgar Weijtmans, Head of Technology, HVG Law; Ken Crutchfield, CEO, Spring Forward; Anne Graue, President Co-Founder of "Our Legal Community"; Tomasz Zalewski, founder of LegalTech Poland Foundation; and Tom Braegelmann, LL.M., Annerton.

You can read more about the Future Ready Lawyer webinar here.

Attorneys: Tom Braegelmann (Annerton); Anne Graue; Elgar Weijtmans (HVG Law).

Companies: Our Legal Community; Spring Forward;

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