Legal Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Legal Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Legal role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Legal job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 45% of Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
45%
legal secretary
34%
legal pa
19%
pa
19%
secretary
15%
property
12%
legal assistant
12%
form filling
12%
conveyancing
12%
secretarial support
12%
legal counsel
12%
compliance
8%
law firm
8%
law
8%
legislation
8%
property law
8%
commercial property
8%
regulations
8%
copy typing
8%
corporate law
8%
digital dictation
8%
financial services
8%
commercial contracts
8%
secretarial
8%
admin
8%
legal compliance
8%
public sector jobs
4%
mortgages
4%
surrey
4%
ledger
4%
team assistant
4%
acquisitions
4%
analytical
4%
research
4%
mergers
4%
communication
4%
administrative
4%
commercial property sales
4%
commercial
4%
digital audio
4%
financial transactions
4%
highly ambitious
4%
administration
4%
organisation
4%
commercial law
4%
data privacy
4%
local government
4%
billing
4%
public sector
4%
legal documents
4%

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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