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, 75% of Law job descriptions contained family law as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

family law
75%
law firm
70%
children matters
60%
child care
60%
paralegals
45%
document drafting
20%
family care
15%
child welfare
15%
law
15%
solicitors
10%
employment law
10%
nq
10%
legal
10%
criminal law
10%
advocacy
5%
police stations
5%
criminal matters
5%
legal advisor
5%
legal counsel
5%
legal officer
5%
legal support
5%
legal consultant
5%
legal specialist
5%
court proceedings
5%
employment tribunal
5%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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