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, 44% of Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
44%
legal compliance
25%
law firm
19%
law
19%
solicitors
19%
legal assistant
19%
compliance procedures
13%
compliance monitoring
13%
internal audit
13%
iso
13%
personal injury
13%
legal counsel
7%
legal executive
7%
caseworker
7%
legal experience
7%
purchase ledger
7%
payments
7%
administrator
7%
client accounts
7%
wills
7%
negligence
7%
trusts
7%
sales
7%
estate
7%
admin
7%
data entry
7%
paralegal
7%
audio typing
7%
client contact
7%
keyboard skills
7%
private client
7%
secretarial skills
7%
secretarial support
7%
compliance
7%
contract law
7%
contract management
7%
document review
7%
information management
7%
legal research
7%
quality assurance
7%
supplier quality
7%
in-house lawyer
7%
information systems
7%
gap analysis
7%
integrated management systems
7%
iso 14001
7%
iso certifications
7%
kyc
7%
academic
7%
credentials
7%
drafting
7%
legal advice
7%
renewable
7%
renewable energy
7%
storage solutions
7%
data analysis
7%
data protection manager
7%
gdpr
7%
microsoft word
7%
cashiers
7%
administrative
7%
case management
7%
caseload
7%
civil litigation
7%
litigation
7%
legal documents
7%
paralegals
7%
property
7%
property law
7%
sdlt
7%
advisor
7%
injury
7%
legal executives
7%
microsoft excel
7%
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