DATA / AI / INNOVATION / GOVERNANCE

The US legal market enters 2026 with headline strength, but with structural pressures building underneath the numbers.

Two things are happening at once:

1. The traditional law firm model is still producing strong results (in many markets and segments) via demand + rates, but…
2. The underlying assumptions that produced those results are destabilizing, because clients now expect technology-driven efficiency, spend predictability, and billing transparency, and AI changes both the cost structure and the value story.

Inside Legal Economics is a peer-to-peer forum for COOs, CFOs, pricing leaders, innovation officers, and financial strategists who are redefining how law firms price, deliver, govern, and measure value in an AI-shaped market.

Joi your peers and we focus on the systems that actually determine profitability, not just rates, but the full chain from pricing decisions to realization, collections, and operational execution.

In 2026 we’ll focus on:

• Market Outlook & Competitive Dynamics: Where the growth has been real, and where the vulnerabilities are emerging 
• Profitability Engineering: From rate strategy to realization and collected revenue to managing the full “economic engine” 
• Pricing Innovation: AFAs, portfolio models, governance, and the commercial playbooks that withstand client scrutiny 
• Data & Operational Intelligence: Matter-level visibility, forecasting, and decision support that finance and practice leaders can trust 
• GenAI Economics: Moving from experimentation to measurable impact, and aligning the value story with clients 
• Operating Model Redesign: Staffing, leverage, and delivery transformation as economics, not “innovation theatre” 
• Cash, Billing Discipline & Client Transparency: Reducing friction in billing rules, collections, and working capital 
• Future Outlook: The pricing structures and economic models most likely to win in 2026 and beyond

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25+

Expert Speakers

100+

Attendees

10+

In-depth Sessions

8+

Hours of Collaboration

Who Attends

Inside Legal Economics is designed for senior leaders responsible for shaping, and defending, the financial and commercial performance of US law firms in an AI-shaped market.

This forum is particularly relevant for:

• Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior finance leaders responsible for profitability, margin management, realization, and cash performance
• Chief Operating Officers (COOs) overseeing firm-wide operating models, cost structures, delivery transformation, and performance accountability
• Pricing & Legal Project Management Leaders driving pricing governance, alternative fee arrangements, portfolio pricing, and matter economics discipline
• Innovation, Transformation & Strategy Leaders tasked with turning AI, automation, and data investments into measurable economic outcomes

• Practice Group Leaders involved in rate strategy, staffing models, pricing decisions, and client-facing value conversations
• Managing Partners and Executive Committee Members focused on long-term economic resilience, competitive positioning, and firm sustainability
• Legal Operations & Business Services Leaders responsible for billing discipline, collections, client compliance, and operational efficiency
• Technology & Data Leaders (Legal Tech, BI, Analytics) supporting matter-level intelligence, forecasting, and decision support for finance and pricing teams
• In-House Legal Operations and Finance Leaders seeking deeper insight into how outside counsel economics are evolving — and what that means for pricing, transparency, and partnership models

This event will be especially valuable for leaders navigating the tension between strong headline performance today and the structural shifts that will determine profitability tomorrow, including AI adoption, pricing pressure, expense growth, and changing client expectations.

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Past Legal Economics Programs

• Strategic Pricing 2024
• Law Firm Financial Management & Innovation
• 2026 Strategic Pricing Outlook for Law Firm Leaders
• Partner Compensation Cohort
  

Our Speaking Faculty

Would you like to:

• Share a case study on pricing transformation, profitability management, AI-driven finance, or operating-model redesign?
• Lead a panel discussion on legal economics, realization and margin protection, AI ROI, pricing governance, or client transparency?
• Host a workshop or interactive session focused on pricing strategy, matter-level economics, data-driven decision-making, or moving GenAI from pilots to production?
• Explore sponsorship or partnership opportunities to engage a peer group of CFOs, COOs, pricing leaders, and innovation executives shaping the next era of law firm economics?

If yes, please contact us with your proposal (name, role, story, format) and we’ll be in touch with next steps.