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Legal Associate Professionals

Legal associate professionals provide administrative support for legal professionals and investigate and make recommendations on legal matters that do not fall within the province of a normal court of law.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£18,717
£31,565
£63,166

New workers start around £18,717. Normal pay is £31,565 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £63,166.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 87,708 vacancies for this type of job

4.48%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Draws up schedules of legal costs and advises on the allocation of legal costs and the level of legal fees.

  • Assists in all aspects of probate and common law practice.

  • Ensures their organisation complies with relevant regulations and their organisational policies.

  • Attends court to assist barristers and solicitors in the presentation of a case.

  • Ensures judges have the necessary legal other documents, manages their diary and carries out other administrative duties collates information, drafts briefs and other documents.

  • Runs chambers on behalf of principals, develops the practice, manages the flow of work, decides which cases to accept, arranges appropriate fees and prepares financial records.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Conveyancing

  • Legal Research

  • Lawsuits

  • Administrative Support

  • Legal Support

  • Billing

  • Mortgage Loans

  • Invoicing

  • Case Management

  • Legal Hearings

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Detail Oriented

  • Organizational Skills

  • Management

  • Administrative Functions

  • Filing

  • Sales

  • Microsoft Office

  • Customer Service

  • Typing

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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  • Business Law and Management

    Cardiff Metropolitan University

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cardiff · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: 112/120

  • Law with Legal Practice

    University of Portsmouth

    LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: 112/120

  • Law

    Liverpool John Moores University

    LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Liverpool · 15/09/2025

    Tariff points: 120/128

  • Criminal Law

    Aberystwyth University

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Aberystwyth · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: 104/128

  • Law and Practice

    Coventry University

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 11/2025

    Tariff points: 104/104

  • LLB Law

    University of Greater Manchester

    LLB (Hons) · 5 Years · Part-time · Bolton · 09/2025

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Law (Graduate Entry)

    University of Birmingham

    LLB (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 29/09/2025

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Law (with a Foundation Year)

    University of Staffordshire

    LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Stoke-on-Trent · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: 48/48

  • Law and Human Rights

    Birkbeck, University of London

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 10/2025

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Law (Accelerated Route)

    University of South Wales

    LLB (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Pontypridd · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Business Law

    University of East London

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Stratford · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Law

    University of Cumbria

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 15/09/2025

    Tariff points: 112/128

  • Law

    Buckinghamshire New University

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 29/09/2025

    Tariff points: 88/112

  • Law

    Manchester Metropolitan University

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: 120/120

  • Law

    Royal Holloway, University of London

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Egham · 22/09/2025

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Law

    Liverpool Hope University

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 09/2025

    Tariff points: 104/104

  • LLB Law

    University of Derby

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Derby · 09/2025

    Tariff points: 120/120

  • LLB Law

    Southampton, Solent University

    LLB (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 15/09/2025

    Tariff points: 104/120

  • Law and Criminology

    University of Buckingham

    LLB (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time (intensive) · Buckingham · 05/01/2026

    Tariff points: 112/120

  • European Legal Studies

    University of Westminster, London

    LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Law with Foundation Year

    University of Wolverhampton

    LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Wolverhampton · 01/2026

    Tariff points: 48/48

  • Law (Study Abroad)

    Lancaster University

    LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 01/10/2025

    Tariff points: N/A