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, 77% of Legal Assistant job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
77%
law firm
39%
solicitors
34%
conveyancing
31%
administrative
31%
law
31%
paralegals
24%
property law
18%
case management
13%
legal documents
11%
secretarial
11%
property
11%
private client
8%
legal secretary
8%
litigation
8%
legal assistants
8%
assistance
6%
audio typing
6%
client correspondence
6%
correspondence
6%
documentation
6%
secretarial support
6%
new home sales
6%
sdlt
6%
diary
6%
closing
6%
confidentiality
6%
legal assistant
6%
wills
6%
real estate
6%
personal injury
6%
civil litigation
6%
caseload
6%
graduate
6%
legal assistance
3%
residential conveyancing
3%
file management
3%
probate
3%
queries
3%
litigation secretary
3%
employment law
3%
diary management
3%
legal research
3%
leases
3%
due diligence
3%
clerical
3%
costings
3%
client billing
3%
billing process
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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