Lawzana data, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026
Which legal needs most often cross a border?
Some legal problems stay local. Others send people looking for a lawyer in another country. We looked at 73,930 requests sent to lawyers through Lawzana and counted how often each kind of need went to a lawyer abroad.
Lawzana Cross-Border Legal Needs. Edition 2026-10, published 3 November 2026.
Key findings
- Among specialties with more than 300 requests on Lawzana, work permit had the highest share sent to a lawyer in another country: 74% of 1,090 requests. International business (50%) and inheritance law (47%) came next.
- In this period, immigration requests went to a lawyer abroad about 3 times as often as employment & labor requests (48% against 16%).
- Requests that mostly went to a lawyer in the client's own country: employment & labor (16%), civil & human rights (16%), consumer rights (18%).
- Based on 73,930 requests from 68,990 people in 210+ countries, sent to lawyers in 230+ countries between November 2025 and October 2026.
These are requests made on Lawzana, not the whole legal market. When we redid the analysis on English-language pages alone and on each half of the year, the same needs stayed at the top and at the bottom; the exact percentages moved with the mix of countries and languages Lawzana reaches. See how we counted.
How often each legal need crosses a border
Share of requests sent to a lawyer in another country, by practice area, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026
See the numbers
| Practice area | Sent abroad | Requests |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration | 48% | 12,240 |
| Business | 43% | 2,200 |
| Private Client | 35% | 3,470 |
| Real Estate | 34% | 5,510 |
| Corporate & Commercial | 30% | 3,230 |
| Notary Services | 30% | 1,740 |
| Family | 27% | 12,260 |
| Lawsuits & Disputes | 27% | 2,480 |
| Intellectual Property | 27% | 920 |
| Banking & Finance | 26% | 1,470 |
| Criminal Defense | 23% | 6,100 |
| Media, Technology and Telecoms | 23% | 760 |
| Tax | 23% | 500 |
| Bankruptcy & Debt | 22% | 1,970 |
| Accidents & Injuries | 20% | 4,550 |
| Consumer Rights | 18% | 2,230 |
| Civil & Human Rights | 16% | 5,910 |
| Employment & Labor | 16% | 5,450 |
| Insurance | 14% | 550 |
| Energy, Environment & ESG | 14% | 400 |
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The specialties most often taken abroad
Share of requests sent to a lawyer in another country, specialties with more than 300 requests, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026
See the numbers
| Specialty | Sent abroad | Requests |
|---|---|---|
| Work Permit | 74% | 1,090 |
| International Business | 50% | 340 |
| Inheritance Law | 47% | 680 |
| Citizenship | 45% | 610 |
| Personal Injury | 43% | 310 |
| Asylum | 36% | 640 |
| Marriage | 36% | 610 |
| Conveyancing | 33% | 310 |
| Annulment | 31% | 420 |
| Will & Testament | 31% | 340 |
| Debt & Collection | 29% | 700 |
| Adoption | 27% | 320 |
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Use the data
Each table below holds the requests, the cross-border requests and the share for every practice area or specialty in this edition. Reuse them freely, commercially too, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence: credit "Lawzana Cross-Border Legal Needs" and link to this page.
- Practice areas practice-areas.csv
- Specialties within each practice area specialties.csv
Cite this
Lawzana (2026). Lawzana Cross-Border Legal Needs, edition 2026-10 [Data set]. https://lawzana.com/cross-border-legal-needs/2026-10
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