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

lawyer linguisttoscopist

A lawyer linguist already meets 32% of what the scopist role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From lawyer linguist
32%
Overlap1
To scopist
7 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
61.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.4/ 100

1 Share of the scopist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lawyer linguist 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 scopist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a lawyer linguist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply grammar and spelling rules
  • grammar
  • legal terminology
  • observe confidentiality
  • study court hearings

What stands in the way is 8 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A scopist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lawyer linguist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held study court hearings information skills
  • already held legal terminology business, administration and law
  • already held compile legal documents information skills
  • already held court procedures business, administration and law
  • already held grammar arts and humanities
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the scopist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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 arts and humanities 3 required
  • required, not held spelling required
  • required, not held stenography required
  • required, not held transcription methods required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held provide written content required
  • required, not held type texts from audio sources required
  • optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
  • optional, not held liaise with typists optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
03 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held type error-free documents required
  • required, not held use dictionaries required
  • optional, not held manage data for legal matters optional
  • optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
  • optional, not held record court procedures optional
  • optional, not held use stenotype machines optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use free typing techniques required
  • optional, not held perform office routine activities optional
05 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held digitise documents optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand computer program optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a scopist 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • already held grammar knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held study court hearings skill
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held court procedures knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage data for legal matters optional
  • optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
  • optional, not held digitise documents optional
  • optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held liaise with typists optional
  • optional, not held perform office routine activities optional
  • optional, not held record court procedures optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand optional
  • optional, not held use shorthand computer program optional
  • optional, not held use stenotype machines optional
  • optional, not held write meeting reports optional
25 held skills the scopist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role EU law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate in linguistic process steps skill
  • not needed by the target role court interpreting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure consistency of translation works in multiple target languages skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure quality of legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role follow translation quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role improve translated texts skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret law skill
  • not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
  • not needed by the target role linguistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role read pre-drafted texts skill
  • not needed by the target role review translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role revise translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate language concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role translate texts skill
  • not needed by the target role use computer-aided translation skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
4 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 spelling required
  • required, not held stenography required
  • required, not held transcription methods required
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from lawyer linguist

Full index of moves from lawyer linguist

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.