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, 53% of Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
53%
conveyancing
18%
law firm
18%
legal compliance
14%
legal secretary
14%
secretarial
9%
legal clerk
9%
legal cashier
9%
legal accounts
9%
bookkeeper
9%
accounts assistant
9%
property
9%
legal documents
9%
legal assistants
9%
law
9%
graduate
9%
lawyer
9%
solicitor
9%
sdlt
5%
compliance
5%
secretarial support
5%
clerical
5%
due diligence
5%
leases
5%
legal research
5%
audio typing
5%
diary management
5%
litigation
5%
paralegals
5%
property law
5%
litigation secretary
5%
solicitors
5%
compliance monitoring
5%
compliance procedures
5%
gap analysis
5%
integrated management systems
5%
internal audit
5%
iso 14001
5%
iso certifications
5%
kyc
5%
legal executives
5%
intellectual property
5%
procurement contracts
5%
contracts
5%
xero
5%
legal advice
5%
billing process
5%
client billing
5%
costings
5%
legal counsel
5%
commercial lawyer
5%
data privacy
5%
commercial contracts
5%
personal assistant
5%
real estate
5%
it skills
5%
communication skills
5%
administration
5%
risk
5%
leeds
5%
employment law
5%
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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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