Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

judgetoprosecutor

A judge already meets 64% of what the prosecutor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From judge
64%
Overlap1
To prosecutor
20 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
35.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

35.9/ 100

1 Share of the prosecutor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the judge 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

Why this move works

A prosecutor role treats 11 of its required skills as things a judge already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse legal evidence
  • compile legal documents
  • court procedures
  • criminal law
  • interpret law
  • legal case management

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A prosecutor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a judge background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held present legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held hear witness accounts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held civil process order business, administration and law
  • already held advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present arguments persuasively communication, collaboration and creativity

All 20 carried skills, including the 11 the prosecutor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held negotiate lawyer's fee required
  • required, not held present evidence required
  • required, not held represent clients in courts required
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held handle case evidence optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held protect client interests optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
  • optional, not held ensure law application optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held government representation required
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held document evidence optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a prosecutor 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held criminal law knowledge
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held legal case management knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held present arguments persuasively skill
  • already held present legal arguments skill
  • already held advise on legal decisions skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held civil process order knowledge
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held hear witness accounts skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held procurement legislation knowledge
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct research interview optional
  • optional, not held document evidence optional
  • optional, not held ensure law application optional
  • optional, not held handle case evidence optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held protect client interests optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice optional
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
21 held skills the prosecutor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role authenticate documents skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with jury skill
  • not needed by the target role correctional procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure sentence execution skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
  • not needed by the target role family law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role guide jury activities skill
  • not needed by the target role hear legal arguments skill
  • not needed by the target role juvenile detention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain court order skill
  • not needed by the target role make legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role moderate in negotiations skill
  • not needed by the target role private law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote the safeguarding of young people skill
  • not needed by the target role review trial cases skill
  • not needed by the target role show impartiality skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise court hearings skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise legal case procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role support juvenile victims skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
2 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 government representation required
  • optional, not held rhetoric optional
Index

Other moves recorded from judge

Full index of moves from judge

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.