RecordMove

Legal service manager to prosecutor

A legal service manager already meets 25% of what the prosecutor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From legal service manager

Distant match

To prosecutor

8 You already bring

12 Still to learn

33 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a prosecutor is expected to do is already part of a legal service manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the prosecutor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A prosecutor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a legal service manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

comply with legal regulations
legal case management
legal terminology
negotiate lawyer's fee

What stands in the way is 12 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 8 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 legal service manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held negotiate lawyer's fee communication, collaboration and creativity
already held negotiate in legal cases communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
already held legal case management business, administration and law
already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
already held legal terminology business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the prosecutor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn interpret law required
still to learn present arguments persuasively required
still to learn present evidence required
still to learn present legal arguments required
still to learn represent clients in courts required

optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour 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 protect client interests optional

02 business, administration and law 3 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn court procedures required
still to learn criminal law required
still to learn legal research required

optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held contract law optional
optional, not held procurement legislation optional

03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn analyse legal evidence required
still to learn compile legal documents required

optional, not held document evidence optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn observe confidentiality required

optional, not held ensure law application optional
optional, not held respond to enquiries optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn government representation required

optional, not held rhetoric optional

06 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held law enforcement 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held comply with legal regulations skill
already held legal case management knowledge
already held legal terminology knowledge
already held negotiate lawyer's fee skill
already held advise on legal decisions skill
already held civil law knowledge
already held negotiate in legal cases skill
already held provide legal advice skill

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held conduct research interview optional
optional, not held contract law optional
optional, not held document evidence optional
optional, not held ensure law application optional
optional, not held handle case evidence optional
optional, not held hear witness accounts optional
optional, not held law enforcement optional
optional, not held procurement legislation optional
optional, not held protect client interests optional
optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
optional, not held rhetoric optional

31 held skills the prosecutor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advice on security risk management skill
not needed by the target role advise on drafting policies skill
not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
not needed by the target role advise on legal services skill
not needed by the target role advise on tax policy skill
not needed by the target role assist with litigation matters skill
not needed by the target role business law knowledge
not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
not needed by the target role legal department processes knowledge
not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
not needed by the target role manage a team skill
not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role manage data for legal matters skill
not needed by the target role manage tender processes skill
not needed by the target role mergers and acquisitions knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor policy proposals skill
not needed by the target role motivate employees skill
not needed by the target role negotiate settlements skill
not needed by the target role prioritise requests skill
not needed by the target role private law knowledge
not needed by the target role provide legal advice on investments skill
not needed by the target role revise legal documents skill
not needed by the target role strategic planning knowledge
not needed by the target role supervise legal case procedures skill
not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

9 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 pick up Tier

still to learn court procedures required
still to learn criminal law required
still to learn government representation required
still to learn legal research required
optional, not held civil process order optional
optional, not held contract law optional
optional, not held law enforcement optional
optional, not held procurement legislation optional
optional, not held rhetoric optional

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a legal service manager become a prosecutor?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A legal service manager already covers 25% of what a prosecutor is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 4 of which the prosecutor role treats as required.

What skills does a legal service manager need to become a prosecutor?

12 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is analyse legal evidence.

How hard is the move from legal service manager to prosecutor?

Its learning distance is 70 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.