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, 54% of Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
54%
legal secretary
29%
legal counsel
19%
secretarial
16%
conveyancing
16%
pqe experience
13%
solicitor
13%
lawyer
13%
solicitors
10%
communication
10%
legal pa
10%
ms office
10%
legal assistant
10%
property
7%
paralegals
7%
law firm
7%
organisation
7%
admin
7%
personal assistant
7%
commercial property
7%
private client
7%
communication skills
7%
mortgages
4%
executive assistant
4%
new builds
4%
it skills
4%
paralegal
4%
client accounts
4%
part qualified
4%
legal recruitment
4%
wills
4%
diary management
4%
payments
4%
law
4%
purchase ledger
4%
conveyancing secretary
4%
residential conveyancing
4%
pa
4%
residential property
4%
administrative
4%
property law
4%
administrative support
4%
secretary
4%
administration
4%
case work
4%
development opportunities
4%
wealth
4%
legal assistance
4%
completions
4%
family law
4%
secretarial skills
4%
legal documents
4%
microsoft office
4%
in-house and/or private practice experience
4%
financial services
4%
qualified lawyer
4%
legal professional
4%
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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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