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%
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