Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a judge can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a judge already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Judges preside over, review and handle court cases, hearings, appeals and trials. They ensure that court procedures conform to conventional legal processes and review evidence and juries. Judges preside over cases involving such areas as crime, family issues, civil law, small claims and juvenile offenses.

Also known as adjudicator, recorder, investigating magistrate, inquisitorial magistrate, appeal court judge, high court judge, district judge, examining magistrate, circuit judge, youth court judge, family court judge, deputy circuit judge.

Professionals 41 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: prosecutor, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
prosecutor 65% covered court jury coordinator 62% covered case administrator 59% covered legal consultant 44% covered court clerk 43% covered judge You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from judge, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a judge already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A judge needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • hear legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise court hearings assisting and caring
  • maintain court order assisting and caring
  • show impartiality communication, collaboration and creativity
  • private law business, administration and law
  • civil process order business, administration and law
  • interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • civil law business, administration and law
  • legal terminology business, administration and law
  • court procedures business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a judge does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Judge is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a judge’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.