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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

  • Legal Hearings

  • Invoicing

  • Case Management

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) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Law

Liverpool John Moores University

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

Tariff points: 104/104

Law (Graduate Entry)

University of Birmingham

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

Tariff points: N/A

Law (Accelerated Route)

University of South Wales

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

Tariff points: N/A

Law and Human Rights

Birkbeck, University of London

LLB (Hons) · 4 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Law (two-year accelerated)

University of Staffordshire

LLB (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Stoke-on-Trent · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Business Law

University of East London

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

Tariff points: 112/112

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

LLB Law

University of Bolton

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Law

Liverpool Hope University

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

Tariff points: 104/104

LLB Law

Southampton, Solent University

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

Tariff points: 104/120

LLB Law

University of Derby

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

Tariff points: 120/120

Law

University of Cumbria

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

Tariff points: 112/128

Law and Criminology

University of Buckingham

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

Tariff points: 112/120

Law with Foundation Year

University of Wolverhampton

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

Tariff points: 48/48

European Legal Studies

University of Westminster, London

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

Tariff points: 112/112

Law (Study Abroad)

Lancaster University

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

Tariff points: N/A

Law and Practice

Birmingham City University

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

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