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A corporate lawyer already meets 72% of what the lawyer role asks for. Every required skill of the target role is already in the profile.
72%
37.7/ 100
1 Share of the lawyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the corporate lawyer 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.
Why this move works
A lawyer role treats 14 of its required skills as things a corporate lawyer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse legal evidence
- compile legal documents
- court procedures
- interpret law
- legal case management
- negotiate in legal cases
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 64 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A lawyer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a corporate lawyer background worth leading with.
- already held represent clients in courts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on participation in financial markets communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held railway law business, administration and law
- already held negotiate lawyer's fee communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held detect financial crime information skills
- already held joint ventures business, administration and law
All 64 carried skills, including the 14 the lawyer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- optional, not held architecture regulations optional
- optional, not held customs law optional
- optional, not held legal department processes optional
- optional, not held business law optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
- optional, not held civil process order optional
- optional, not held constitutional law optional
- optional, not held consumer law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held family law optional
- optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
- optional, not held procurement legislation optional
- optional, not held road traffic laws optional
- optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
- optional, not held advise on legal services optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held handle case evidence optional
- optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held manage legal personal issues optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- optional, not held criminology optional
- optional, not held government representation optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure law application optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held make legal decisions optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
1 further area in the appendix
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 64 skills that carry over
- already held analyse legal evidence skill
- already held compile legal documents skill
- already held court procedures knowledge
- already held interpret law skill
- already held legal case management knowledge
- already held negotiate in legal cases skill
- already held negotiate lawyer's fee skill
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held present arguments persuasively skill
- already held present legal arguments skill
- already held private law knowledge
- already held protect client interests skill
- already held represent clients in courts skill
- already held respond to enquiries skill
- already held ICT security legislation knowledge
- already held advise on participation in financial markets skill
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held analyse internal factors of companies skill
- already held analyse legal enforceability skill
- already held anti-dumping law knowledge
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held commercial law knowledge
- already held competition law knowledge
- already held consult with business clients skill
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held corporate law knowledge
- already held detect financial crime skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held employment law knowledge
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held food legislation knowledge
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held identify clients' needs skill
- already held insolvency law knowledge
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held international law knowledge
- already held international trade knowledge
- already held interpret financial statements skill
- already held joint ventures knowledge
- already held legal research knowledge
- already held legal terminology knowledge
- already held legislation in agriculture knowledge
- already held manage contract disputes skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held maritime law knowledge
- already held media law knowledge
- already held mergers and acquisitions knowledge
- already held moderate in negotiations skill
- already held pharmaceutical legislation knowledge
- already held property law knowledge
- already held provide legal advice skill
- already held provide legal advice on investments skill
- already held public auction procedures knowledge
- already held railway law knowledge
- already held road transport legislation knowledge
- already held securities knowledge
- already held social security law knowledge
- already held subsidiary operations knowledge
- already held tax legislation knowledge
- already held trace financial transactions skill
- already held urban planning law knowledge
- already held use consulting techniques skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held document evidence optional
35 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held architecture regulations optional
- optional, not held customs law optional
- optional, not held legal department processes optional
- optional, not held advise on legal decisions optional
- optional, not held advise on legal services optional
- optional, not held apply conflict management optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
- optional, not held business law optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
- optional, not held civil process order optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held conduct research interview optional
- optional, not held constitutional law optional
- optional, not held consumer law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held criminology optional
- optional, not held document evidence optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held ensure law application optional
- optional, not held family law optional
- optional, not held government representation optional
- optional, not held handle case evidence optional
- optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
- optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
- optional, not held maintain operational communications optional
- optional, not held make legal decisions optional
- optional, not held manage legal personal issues optional
- optional, not held present evidence optional
- optional, not held procurement legislation optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
- optional, not held road traffic laws optional
2 held skills the lawyer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European vehicle type-approval legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role state aid regulations knowledge
19 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held architecture regulations optional
- optional, not held customs law optional
- optional, not held legal department processes optional
- optional, not held business law optional
- optional, not held civil law optional
- optional, not held civil process order optional
- optional, not held constitutional law optional
- optional, not held consumer law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held criminology optional
- optional, not held education law optional
- optional, not held family law optional
- optional, not held government representation optional
- optional, not held investigation research methods optional
- optional, not held law enforcement optional
- optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
- optional, not held procurement legislation optional
- optional, not held rhetoric optional
- optional, not held road traffic laws optional
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.