Legal Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Legal Assistant Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Legal Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Legal Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 74% of Legal Assistant job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
74%
conveyancing
37%
law firm
27%
solicitors
20%
law
20%
property law
14%
paralegals
14%
administrative
14%
legal documents
14%
legal secretary
10%
property
10%
legal assistants
10%
legal research
7%
secretarial
7%
legal administration
7%
legal assistant
7%
graduate
7%
real estate
7%
litigation
7%
lawyer
7%
administration
7%
case management
7%
private client
7%
secretarial support
4%
queries
4%
commercial property
4%
sdlt
4%
new home sales
4%
employment law
4%
clerical
4%
due diligence
4%
leases
4%
audio typing
4%
diary management
4%
litigation secretary
4%
personal injury
4%
civil litigation
4%
caseload
4%
costings
4%
client billing
4%
billing process
4%
assistant
4%
wills
4%
administrative support
4%
inquiries
4%
handle confidential information
4%
personal assistant
4%
it skills
4%
communication skills
4%
residential property
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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