Assessment · 6–8 minutes
Is your law firm
ready for AI?
Buying an AI licence is the easy part.
The harder question is whether your firm's policies, client data, security, people and working practices are ready for it.
Answer 30 questions and get a practical AI readiness score for your firm.
Built specifically for private-practice UK law firms. It doesn't recommend a particular AI vendor.
Governance & ownership
Whether anyone owns AI in your firm, and whether the rules are written down.
Does your firm have a documented policy covering the use of generative AI?
What it covers
Six areas,
weighted by what actually matters.
Not every gap costs the same. A firm that hasn't worked out what client information may be pasted into a chatbot has a bigger problem than one that hasn't written a measurement plan — so the sections carry different weights.
Governance & ownership
Whether anyone owns AI in your firm, and whether the rules are written down.
Client confidentiality & data
The heaviest-weighted section. What client information can reach an AI service, and what happens to it when it does.
Security & technology foundation
The identity, device and permissions groundwork AI tools inherit rather than fix.
People, competence & supervision
What effective supervision looks like when AI assists or generates legal work — an area the SRA has specifically highlighted.
Use cases & adoption
Whether there is a practical plan, or just a licence and good intentions.
Supplier risk, assurance & resilience
What you know about the suppliers behind the tools, and what happens when one fails.
This assessment is a practical technology and operational readiness tool. It is not legal, regulatory or data-protection advice. Your firm's obligations depend on its circumstances, clients, systems and intended use of AI.
The foundation underneath it
AI readiness rests on
ordinary IT hygiene.
Permissions, identity, offboarding, backups. If those are shaky, an AI tool inherits the problem and makes it easier to find. The Law Firm IT Health Check covers that ground in 10 minutes.
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