Table 1Transition record

conveyance clerktolegal administrative assistant

A conveyance clerk already meets 39% of what the legal administrative assistant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From conveyance clerk

39%

Overlap1

To legal administrative assistant

12 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

57.1 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 57.1

This move: 57.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the legal administrative assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the conveyance clerk profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal administrative assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a conveyance clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held revise legal documents communication, collaboration and creativity
already held perform office routine activities management skills
already held legal case management business, administration and law
already held legal terminology business, administration and law
already held civil law business, administration and law
already held manage digital documents working with computers

All 12 carried skills, including the 4 the legal administrative assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held procedural law required
required, not held legal department processes required
required, not held private law required

optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held court procedures optional

02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held manage personnel agenda required
required, not held meet deadlines for preparing legal cases required

optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
optional, not held brief court officials optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held communicate by telephone required

optional, not held handle case evidence optional
optional, not held liaise with typists optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held observe confidentiality required

05 information skills 3 supplementary

optional, not held decode handwritten texts optional
optional, not held study court hearings optional
optional, not held translate keywords into full texts optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal administrative assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held compile legal documents skill
already held legal terminology knowledge
already held perform clerical duties skill
already held perform office routine activities skill
already held apply technical communication skills skill
already held civil law knowledge
already held legal case management knowledge
already held legal research knowledge
already held manage accounts skill
already held manage digital documents skill
already held revise legal documents skill
already held use word processing software skill

10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
optional, not held brief court officials optional
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held court procedures optional
optional, not held decode handwritten texts optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held handle case evidence optional
optional, not held liaise with typists optional
optional, not held study court hearings optional
optional, not held translate keywords into full texts optional

15 held skills the legal administrative assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on legal services skill
not needed by the target role conveyancing knowledge
not needed by the target role examine mortgage loan documents skill
not needed by the target role maintain contractual information skill
not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
not needed by the target role monitor title procedures skill
not needed by the target role pose questions referring to documents skill
not needed by the target role prepare compliance documents skill
not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
not needed by the target role proofread text skill
not needed by the target role property law knowledge
not needed by the target role provide legal legitimacy to the transfer of assets skill
not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge
not needed by the target role register deeds skill
not needed by the target role review closing procedures skill

5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held procedural law required
required, not held legal department processes required
required, not held private law required
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held court procedures optional

Index

Other moves recorded from conveyance clerk

Full index of moves from conveyance clerk

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.