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, 72% of Legal Assistant job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
72%
conveyancing
29%
administrative
24%
law firm
22%
law
19%
solicitors
16%
legal assistant
11%
property law
11%
secretarial
11%
legal documents
11%
paralegals
11%
legal assistants
8%
property
8%
legal secretary
8%
litigation
6%
real estate
6%
private client
6%
closing
6%
correspondence
6%
confidentiality
6%
diary
6%
documentation
6%
assistance
6%
client correspondence
6%
case management
6%
legal administration
6%
administration
6%
graduate
6%
lawyer
6%
legal research
6%
personal assistant
3%
employment law
3%
litigation secretary
3%
secretarial support
3%
new home sales
3%
sdlt
3%
queries
3%
audio typing
3%
it skills
3%
communication skills
3%
residential property
3%
legal assistance
3%
residential conveyancing
3%
handle confidential information
3%
diary management
3%
leases
3%
due diligence
3%
clerical
3%
inquiries
3%
administrative support
3%
wills
3%
assistant
3%
billing process
3%
personal injury
3%
commercial property
3%
client billing
3%
costings
3%
civil litigation
3%
caseload
3%
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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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