Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Assistant Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 48% of Assistant job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
48%
conveyancing
27%
secretarial
15%
law firm
15%
customer service
12%
property
12%
law
12%
legal assistants
9%
communication skills
9%
highly detailed
9%
lawyer
6%
legal documents
6%
adaptability
6%
flexibility
6%
reliable
6%
paralegals
6%
graduate
6%
real estate
6%
litigation
6%
audio typing
6%
legal secretary
6%
law firms
6%
residential conveyancer
6%
manage client relationships
3%
private client
3%
secretarial skills
3%
legal assistant
3%
employment law
3%
legal service
3%
secretarial support
3%
clerical
3%
due diligence
3%
leases
3%
legal research
3%
diary management
3%
assistants
3%
limited companies
3%
minutes
3%
team leader
3%
agile
3%
collaboration
3%
eager learner
3%
imanage
3%
information technology
3%
meet deadlines
3%
microsoft office
3%
teamwork
3%
legal compliance
3%
assistant company secretary
3%
company secretarial assistant
3%
corporate governance
3%
icsa
3%
indemnity
3%
liability
3%
qualified solicitor
3%
housing
3%
personal injury
3%
admin
3%
billing
3%
finance
3%
aml
3%
compliance
3%
document management
3%
risk
3%
legal executives
3%
legal practice
3%
property law
3%
solicitors
3%
billing process
3%
client billing
3%
costings
3%
case management
3%
management
3%
administrative
3%
enquiries
3%
freehold
3%
leasehold
3%

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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