CLM + AI shifting the playing field

Generative AI (GenAI) is shifting the playing field for Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), presenting Legal professionals with a unique opportunity to take the lead in expanding the role intelligent automation can take in transforming contracts into strategic value. However, as with any transformative technology, legal teams must approach GenAI with a measured and fact-based strategy.

This research provides vital data to help shape that strategy. It presents key findings, data, and analysis from the Blickstein Group’s 17th Annual Law Department Operations Survey, one of the most highly respected surveys in the legal industry.

Key finding highlights:

  • Legal professionals’ perspectives on GenAI
  • Where legal professionals are prioritizing the application of GenAI.
  • To what extent GenAI is being utilized.
  • Barriers to integrating GenAI within legal departments.

Don’t just adapt to change—lead it. Here’s the data you need to lead the charge in adopting GenAI within your organization.

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Whats inside:

The gap is in the systems that execute contracts. Sourcing platforms, ERP, accounts payable: none of them are consistently checking whether what's happening matches what was agreed.  

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Only 36% of organizations automatically link sourcing awards to contract terms. 35% say POs are only partially enforced against underlying contracts. 49% describe their invoice-to-contract validation as partial at best.

The shift from legal to procurement — and what it demands 81% of organizations have moved more contract authority toward procurement in the past two years. 93% of companies over $5B in revenue have done so. That authority brings new accountability — and new infrastructure requirements.