Law Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Law Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Law role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Law job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 81% of Law job descriptions contained family law as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

family law
81%
children matters
72%
law firm
62%
child welfare
39%
child care
39%
nq
24%
document drafting
20%
paralegals
20%
civil litigation
15%
landlord tenant disputes
15%
family care
10%
solicitors
10%
social housing
10%
conveyancing
5%
housing
5%
homelessness
5%
legal compliance
5%
family mediation
5%
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