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, 34% of Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
34%
legal executive
17%
law
17%
social care
17%
highly detailed
17%
court cases
17%
confidentiality
17%
confidential documents
17%
administrative support
17%
administrative
17%
london
17%
litigation
17%
in-house
17%
law firm
17%
intellectual property
17%
paralegals
17%
legal assistants
17%
general legal
17%
employment law
17%
commercial litigation
17%
civil litigation
17%
case management
17%
property law
17%
magic circle
17%
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