Legal Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Legal Assistant Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Legal Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Legal Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Legal Assistant job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
50%
conveyancing
44%
solicitors
25%
legal assistant
19%
legal secretary
19%
legal assistants
19%
communication skills
19%
administrative
13%
private client
13%
paralegals
13%
legal administration
7%
commercial property
7%
microsoft office
7%
legal assistance
7%
organisational skills
7%
legal documents
7%
property
7%
case work
7%
property law
7%
secretarial skills
7%
completions
7%
hmrc enquiries
7%
administrative support
7%
new builds
7%
contracts
7%
digital dictation
7%
probate
7%
legal admin
7%
will writer
7%
word processing
7%
wills
7%
assistants
7%
legal clerk
7%
commercial
7%
litigation
7%
paralegal
7%
case management
7%
personal injury
7%
admin
7%
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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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