
The LexisNexis GLP Index 2022
Is demand for your practice area of the law growing or declining? Read LexisNexis‘s predictive analysis of current and historical data.
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The GLP Index gathers current and historic data to predict growth and demand across multiple practice areas of the law. This gives law firms and in-house legal teams some helpful hints as to where they should invest or reposition their resources in the near and distant future.
Find out which areas of legal expertise are high in demand right now – and the areas that will be in the future. Analysis for corporate law, commercial law and competition law is available here – other practice areas to follow in January 2023.

Train your own, grow your firm: the business case for the SQE in SME law firms Case Study
Henna Zafar | Business development manager, BARBRI | 14 October 2026
For many of the SME law firms we work with, this autumn is the first time they will support trainees through the SQE. The concerns we hear are consistent — firms don’t feel they know enough about the SQE, most don’t have a learning and development team and partners are already stretched. Those concerns are […]

Ready for growth? The questions every law firm should be asking
Chelsea Goldsby | Operations director, Osprey Approach | 2 November 2026
New research from Osprey Approach and Legal News Wales reveals an ambitious legal sector facing some familiar — and some less expected — challenges. But what can SME law firms learn from the findings? The Welsh Legal Sector Transformation Report 2026 draws on the views of more than 50 law firms and in-house legal teams across Wales. […]