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Legal Professionals

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of other professional legal occupations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£20,841
£32,648
£57,531

New workers start around £20,841. Normal pay is £32,648 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £57,531.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 65,372 vacancies for this type of job

7.15%

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?

  • Represents public and private organisations in court as necessary.

  • Collates information, drafts briefs and other documents, interviews and advises clients and undertakes preparatory work for cases.

  • Advises on, drafts documents for and assists in all aspects of property conveyancing.

  • Advises employers, local and national government and other organisations on aspects of law and legislative implications of decisions made.

  • Drafts and negotiates contracts on behalf of employers.

  • Provides legal advice to individuals within Citizens Advice, Law Centres and other such establishments.

  • Co-ordinates the activities of magistrates courts and advises magistrates on law and legal procedure.

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.

  • Marketing

  • Administrative Support

  • Conveyancing

  • Lawsuits

  • Invoicing

  • Finance

  • Business Development

  • Property Management

  • Arbitration

  • Booking (Sales)

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

  • Customer Service

  • Sales

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Organizational Skills

  • Administrative Functions

  • Filing

  • Self-Motivation

  • Microsoft Office

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.