全球各地的企業內部法律團隊正積極探索人工智慧的創新應用方式，以加速工作流程、降低風險並騰出時間處理更有價值的專案。日本金融科技公司Upsider的首席法務官自行開發AI工具，將Slack和Notion上的對話結合內部法律手冊輸入Anthropic的Claude模型，自動標記潛在的監管與合約風險，使法律團隊能在業務部門尋求協助之前主動介入。美國Cox Media Group則將合約處理工具改造為政治廣告審查系統，以應對誹謗風險，而新加坡南洋理工大學則利用Lexagle合約平台強化對不當行為舉報的調查，將案件平均結案時間從55天縮短至38.5天。
科技服務公司Endava運用OpenAI的ChatGPT打造客製化工具，處理保密協議評估及第三方篩查等痛點，第三方篩查時間減少了40%至50%。該公司定期舉辦黑客松活動並邀請OpenAI代表參與，促進團隊協作與技術適應。在人力方面，多家公司展現出以精簡團隊應對業務增長的趨勢：Endava法務團隊維持約35人的穩定編制，而Upsider在營收以每年約50%速度增長的情況下，僅計畫將內部律師從兩人擴充至四人。
儘管企業法務部門的AI採用率在一年內翻倍，且近三分之二的團隊預期將減少對外部律師的依賴，但預算增長並未跟上腳步。企業法務營運聯盟Cloc執行長指出，法律團隊被要求「以更少資源做更多事」，因此傾向於讓單一AI工具實現多重用途以提高效益，但這也帶來驗證不足的潛在風險。Gartner分析師將當前狀態比喻為「自助餐」——法律團隊正在廣泛嘗試各種AI方案，從人力資源平台到合約與第三方風險工具的整合，目前尚不確定哪種方案能帶來最大回報。（關鍵數字： a year）
In-house legal teams worldwide are creatively adopting AI to accelerate workflows, reduce risk, and free up capacity for higher-value work. Japan-based fintech Upsider built a custom tool feeding Slack and Notion conversations into Anthropic's Claude alongside an internal legal playbook to flag regulatory and contractual red flags proactively. Cox Media Group in the US repurposed a contract-processing tool for political ad reviews to mitigate defamation risks, while Nanyang Technological University in Singapore leveraged Lexagle's contract platform to strengthen misconduct investigations, cutting average case closure time from 55 days to 38.5 days.
Tech services company Endava has used OpenAI's ChatGPT to build customised tools addressing pain points such as NDA evaluation and third-party screening, achieving a 40 to 50 percent reduction in screening time. Regular hackathons with OpenAI representatives foster collaboration and help the company adapt as AI evolves. Several organisations are demonstrating that lean teams can handle growing workloads: Endava's legal team remains stable at around 35 people, while Upsider plans to expand from just two to four in-house lawyers even as revenue grows at roughly 50 percent annually.
Although AI adoption among in-house legal teams has more than doubled in a year and nearly two-thirds expect to reduce reliance on outside counsel, budgets are not keeping pace. Cloc's CEO notes that legal departments are expected to do more with less, driving them to seek multiple uses from single AI tools — though this increases inherent risk when validation for one use case does not extend to another. A Gartner analyst compares the current landscape to a buffet: legal teams are broadly experimenting with options ranging from HR compliance platforms to integrated contract and third-party risk tools, uncertain which will deliver the most promising payoff.