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, 66% of Law job descriptions contained family law as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

family law
66%
law firm
62%
child care
49%
paralegals
29%
children matters
28%
family care
23%
solicitors
22%
document drafting
20%
law
19%
immigration law
12%
public law
12%
uk immigration
10%
divorce
10%
criminal law
10%
remediation
9%
legal
9%
child welfare
8%
family mediation
8%
court proceedings
6%
criminal matters
6%
legal documents
5%
court cases
3%
legal compliance
3%
police stations
3%
costing
3%
social care
3%
childcare
2%
barristers
2%
courts
2%
fee earners
2%
legal executives
2%
child protection
2%
landlord tenant disputes
2%
housing
2%
homelessness
2%
civil litigation
2%
legal practice
2%
client billing
2%
billing process
2%
personal injury
2%
solicitor
2%
lawyer
2%
employment law
2%
billing
2%
well presented
2%
bills
2%
advocacy
2%
housing law
2%
costs
2%
drafting
2%
legal service
2%
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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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