Generative AI Use in the Legal Profession: Findings from the 2025 Victorian Lawyer Census • 551 KB
This report examines how Victorian lawyers are using AI tools in their legal practice, the types of tools being used, and the tasks they are being applied to. It details the barriers preventing adoption among those not using AI tools, and the quality assurance practices employed by those who do use AI. It explores how lawyers perceive the risks and benefits of AI, revealing a narrow conception of benefits, with AI primarily a tool for efficiency gains, while applications that could improve service quality, affordability and accessibility remain largely unexplored. It highlights the role of training and workplace guidelines in shaping perceptions of benefit, and cautions that without deliberate effort to broaden how benefits are conceived and to whom they flow, current adoption patterns risk reinforcing existing advantage rather than reducing it.