TruLegal launched a free Legal AI Self-Assessment on June 24, 2026, giving legal job seekers a structured way to document hands-on experience with AI tools for employers. The move comes as demand for AI-fluent legal talent accelerates and hiring managers struggle to identify candidates who can demonstrate practical AI proficiency. The assessment is available now at no cost to all legal professionals.
The assessment covers more than 60 legal AI platforms, including Harvey, CoCounsel, Relativity aiR, Ironclad, Claude, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot Studio. Candidates rate their experience across 11 legal disciplines: legal research and analysis, drafting and document work, eDiscovery and litigation support, M&A and due diligence, privacy, data and information governance, cybersecurity and incident response, legal operations, finance and billing, compliance and regulatory work, and AI proficiency and responsible use. Job seekers can also upload a resume and describe additional AI projects, training, or certification. The entire process takes under three minutes, and results are incorporated into TruLegal candidate profiles for employer review.
What industry leaders are saying
"For hiring managers, the challenge is both finding candidates who claim AI experience and identifying those who can demonstrate it with precision across the specific tools and focus areas that matter most to that organization," said Jared Coseglia, Founder and CEO of TruLegal. "For candidates, the gap between knowing AI and being able to articulate that knowledge in a hiring context has become one of the most consequential career obstacles in the profession. The TruLegal AI Self-Assessment bridges both sides of that divide, giving candidates an intentional way to showcase their skills and giving employers a clear confidence signal to act on."
Sandy Scott, AI Enablement & Systems Integration Manager at TruLegal, added: "This assessment does not test for knowledge, but rather scores for confidence. More importantly, it gives hiring managers and job seekers conversation topics that dive into nuanced AI experiences instead of surface-level conversations around AI during the interview process."
Beyond the assessment: market intelligence
Scott will also use aggregated and anonymized results from the assessment to develop detailed market intelligence reporting for the legal community. TruLegal previously released a half-decade analysis of its Relativity Self-Assessment's impact on the eDiscovery job market. The firm plans to publish quarterly and annual reports on AI-related hiring trends and workforce readiness.
The Legal AI Self-Assessment is available at trulegal.ai/ai-self-assessment.
Why this matters for legal professionals
AI adoption across the legal industry is outpacing the workforce's ability to keep up. For legal professionals, the ability to clearly articulate AI experience is becoming a hiring differentiator. Combining self-assessments with targeted training, such as AI for Legal Professionals Courses, can help candidates move from general awareness to documented expertise. The TruLegal tool offers a practical way to benchmark skills and signal readiness to employers who now expect more than just a passing familiarity with AI tools.
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