Barrister Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Barrister Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Barrister role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Barrister job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 42% of Barrister job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
42%
law
42%
lawyer
42%
solicitor
34%
legal advice
25%
barrister
25%
in house solicitor
17%
corporate counsel
17%
in-house legal counsel
17%
legal advisor
17%
legal consultant
17%
in house lawyer
17%
in house legal
17%
legal services
17%
property
17%
legal aid
9%
adult social care
9%
social care
9%
employment law
9%
employment lawyer
9%
employment solicitor
9%
appeals
9%
regeneration
9%
local government
9%
senior solicitor
9%
senior lawyer
9%
legal executive
9%
corporate law
9%
commercial solicitor
9%
commercial lawyer
9%
commercial law
9%
planning
9%
litigation
9%
construction
9%
document review
9%
case management
9%
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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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